BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:How Lewes Played a Major Role in the Founding of Rehoboth Beac h BEGIN:VEVENT UID:251572024-08-20 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240820 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240821 SUMMARY:How Lewes Played a Major Role in the Founding of Rehoboth Beach CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Following the Civil War\, Rehoboth Neck was a collection of far ms that\nran from Lewes to what is now Dewey Beach. Thanks to the\nrecomme ndation of Rev. Warner\, the pastor of Bethel\nMethodist-Episcopal Church in Lewes\, Rev. Robert Todd took the train\nfrom Wilmington to Lewes in 18 72 to tour the Rehoboth Seaside Farm of\nLorenzo Dow Martin along with Rev . Warner and several other prominent\nLewes lawyers and businessmen.\n\nRe v. Todd was so impressed with what is now downtown Rehoboth that he\nraise d funds to purchase Martin’s 200-acre farm and another 200\nacres from t he Marsh family. He established the Rehoboth Beach Camp\nMeeting Associati on which laid out Rehoboth’s streets and lots that\nexist today and buil t a tabernacle\, tent houses\, and a hotel. Within\nsix years\, the railro ad was extended from Lewes to Rehoboth\, signaling\nthe end of the camp me eting era.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Following the Civil War\, Rehoboth Neck was a collection of farms that ran from Lewes to what is now Dewey Beach. Tha nks to the recommendation of Rev. Warner\, the pastor of Bethel Methodist- Episcopal Church in Lewes\, Rev. Robert Todd took the train from Wilmingto n to Lewes in 1872 to tour the Rehoboth Seaside Farm of Lorenzo Dow Martin along with Rev. Warner and several other prominent Lewes lawyers and busi nessmen.

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Rev. Todd was so impressed with what is now downtown Re hoboth that he raised funds to purchase Martin&rsquo\;s 200-acre farm and another 200 acres from the Marsh family. He established the Rehoboth Beach Camp Meeting Association which laid out Rehoboth&rsquo\;s streets and lot s that exist today and built a tabernacle\, tent houses\, and a hotel. Wit hin six years\, the railroad was extended from Lewes to Rehoboth\, signali ng the end of the camp meeting era.

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