Borough of Christiana | https://christianaboro.org/ |
Christiana Fire Department | http://www.christianafire.com/ |
Christiana Underground RR Center | http://www.zerchershotel.com/ |
Christiana Frieght Station | http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christiana-Freight-Station/113139228826745 |
Moore's Memorial Library | www.christianalibrary.org/ |
Octorara Area School District | www.octorara.k12.pa.us/ |
Octorara Food Cupboard | 610-857-4000 |
Octorara Area Little League | http://octoraralittleleague.com/site/ |
Octorara Area HS Football | https://www.octorarafootball.org/ |
A little of Christiana Pa History
On September 11, 1851, Christiana was the site of the Battle of Christiana (also called the Christiana riot), in which the local residents defended with firearms a fugitive slave, killing the slaveowner. Southerners demanded the hanging of those responsible, who were accused of treason and making war on the United States, but after the first defendant, a Quaker, was acquitted, the government dropped the case. The trial was the first nationally-covered challenge to the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850.