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Rocks - Fort Christina State Park

Wilmington, DelawareSeventh Street and the Christina River1 min readFile amended Directions

A historic site in Wilmington, Delaware, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, Rocks - Fort Christina State Park is filed here for what the record attaches to it. NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad. It sits in the archive under dark history, Underground Railroad history and the Underground Railroad. The dossier holds 2 documented facts — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. The site is open to visitors.

Archive note: 3 conflicting records
Status
Operating
Designation
National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing
Coordinates
39.736, -75.532 · Approximate (city centroid)

NPS public listing access field: Yes. This is a listing snapshot; current arrangements still require confirmation.

Is Rocks - Fort Christina State Park haunted?

No claims are filed here — the record keeps this place for its documented history, not for a haunting on file.

The record — long form

The Rocks is the doubled — the 'Swedes '38' that's the first landing, the 'freedom seekers' that's the second. The 'Fountain's axe' is the played — the 'furious deck' that's the bluff worked, the '21 hidden' that's the inspectors missed. The 'Craigg waited' is the met — the 'Black pilot' that's the hands trusted, the 'brickmaker' that's the cover kept.

The 'lighthouse father' is the watched — the 'keeper's view' that's the ships seen, the 'all arrivals' that's the advantage held. The 'Garrett's letter' is the proof — the 'human cargo' that's the phrase quoted, the 'efficient Pilot' that's the praise gave. The Rocks is the twice — the 'colony landed' that's the nation's start, the 'fugitives landed' that's the freedom's shore.

The file keeps the Rocks: the double landing, Fountain's bluff, Craigg's pilots, and the lighthouse's view.

The Rocks is the archive's Delaware file — where the Swedes and the freedom seekers both landed.

Why this file matters

The Rocks is the archive's Delaware file — the 1638 landing that became a freedom shore.

A landing keeps its uses — the file's suggestion being that the Rocks' hold is the doubled: the 'Kalmar Nyckel' that's the colony's start, the 'Fountain's schooner' that's the freedom's ship, and the '21 hidden' that's the axe's bluff.

Two accounts on file

Short Description
On file

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Also reported

The Christina landing—where the Swedes first landed.

Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite.

Historic Designation
On file

National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing

Also reported

NPS Network to Freedom

Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite.

Research Notes
On file

Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 04DE03, source row 86. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened.

Also reported

UGRR enrichment wave 4; VERIFY task auto-queued.

Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite.

Documented history

  • NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The detail is preserved in 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01'. The date is part of the site's documented spine.

    Verified historyNational Park Service
  • Rocks - Fort Christina State Park is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. Rocks - Fort Christina State Park's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer the museum itself interprets. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. The detail is preserved in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry.

    Verified historyNational Park Service

Sources on file

Field notes & open questions

Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 04DE03, source row 86. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened.

"Rocks - Fort Christina State Park." HauntHunt dossier 0679, https://haunthunt.com/place/rocks-fort-christina-state-park-delaware/ (file amended October 2, 2026).

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