Pole Bending Horses for Sale near Wilmington, DE

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Choctaw
Choctaw is a 6 year old paint gelding standing at 14.2 hands. Choctaw has b..
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Tobiano
Paint
Gelding
10
Lancaster, PA
PA
$5,000
Pony Mare
Excellent Paint 5 YR old Show Pony For Kids . 1500. 00 firm, Or 2 For PKG ..
Newfield, New Jersey
Pony
Mare
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Newfield, NJ
NJ
$1,500
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About Wilmington, DE

Wilmington is built on the site of Fort Christina and the settlement Kristinehamn, the first Swedish settlement in North America. The area now known as Wilmington was settled by the Lenape (or Delaware Indian) band led by Sachem (Chief) Mattahorn just before Henry Hudson sailed up the Len-api Hanna ("People Like Me River", present Delaware River) in 1609. The area was called "Maax-waas Unk" or "Bear Place" after the Maax-waas Hanna (Bear River) that flowed by (present Christina River). It was called the Bear River because it flowed west to the "Bear People", who are now known as the People of Conestoga or the Susquehannocks. [ citation needed ] The Dutch heard and spelled the river and the place as " Minguannan." When settlers and traders from the Swedish South Company under Peter Minuit arrived in March 1638 on the Fogel Grip and Kalmar Nyckel , they purchased Maax-waas Unk from Chief Mattahorn and built Fort Christina at the mouth of the Maax-waas Hanna (which the Swedes renamed the Christina River after Queen Christina of Sweden).