A brief tour of DG
Bob’s home town:
Our District Governor Bob Daniels comes
from Clayton, Delaware. Clayton began
its existence as a small village
situated at the northern edge of Kent
County Delaware. Clayton had its
beginning with the arrival of the
Delaware Railroad in 1854. The first
post office was established in 1860. The
town of Clayton was named in honor of
Mr. John M. Clayton an early Delaware
statesman. For a century from the 1850’s
through the 1950’s, Clayton served as a
rail transportation hub on the Delmarva
Peninsula. Agricultural commodities,
such as peaches, were the predominant
freight in the early years. Coal and
commodity chemicals are the predominant
freight today. While Clayton’s early
economic life was heavily linked to the
railroad business and was far from
stable, it nevertheless, continues to
grow and prosper (www.clayton.delaware.gov/).
A local early institution… The St.
Joseph’s School for Boys is known today
as “St. Joseph’s at Providence Creek”.
It is situated in a hidden rural
landscape just north of downtown
Clayton, Delaware. It is one of the most
unique and bountiful community service
properties in the nation today. The
stone entrance to this facility serves
as DG Bob’s emblem for the District 22 D
pin and early images as webpage
background. St. Joseph’s at Providence
Creek (www.saintjosephscenter.org/)
is a sprawling 222-acre property
consisting of a 20-acre campus area,
agricultural fields, open meadows,
wetlands, forest, a pond and creek. Most
simply, St. Joseph’s Center for
Community Service offers programs and
activities that fill the most vital
needs of the community. St Joseph’s at
Providence Creek is on The National
Register of Historical Places.
Although Clayton is not an industrial
community it presently serves as the
residential abode for many persons in
outside industry, who wish to have their
homes amid the peace, quiet, and
contentment of a small town. A more
definitive early background may be found
here, (Click for Details).
Background: Early
Clayton Area "School for Boys", circa 1945
