“EARLY INDUSTRIES

   Daniel Vincent, from Essex county, New Jersey, built a mill on

Warrior run, one of the first mills in the northern part of the county.

This was a log building, and was replaced in 1792 by a stone structure.

The Truckenmiller mill and the old Wilson mill, also on Warrior run,

were established at a later date. Alexander Guffy had a distillery in

operation prior to 1800, and several establishments of a similar

character have since been conducted by different individuals. An

equally important industry was the ashery of a Mr. Harrison, where

potash, soda, and other products of ashes were manufactured. The

proprietor opened a road from his establishment to the Susquehanna

river; it received the name of "the Potash road," which still retains

local significance. In recent years a tannery was operated by Jacob

Stitzel, but at the present time, so far as the industrial interests of

the township are concerned, Delaware is best described as an agricultural

region.”

CHAPTER 32 - Pages 752-764