Native Americans thrived at this Delaware creek since 8000 BCE — until one October day

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Chief Machaloha’s Lost Village at White Clay Creek

For 8,000 years, the Lenape lived at Opasiskunk where White Clay Creek State Park now stands. Chief Machaloha led this thriving village from his turtle clan home.

The site spread across acres where the creek branches met, with the Lenape hunting and farming the rich land. Then came October 18, 1683…

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