In 1906, William Bancroft began buying land that later became a 1,359-acre park

In 1906, William Poole Bancroft began buying land in Delaware’s Brandywine Valley to hold it in reserve for the public’s health and well-being. He eventually acquired more than 1,300 acres. Parts of the land were later donated to the National Park Service, with 1,359 acres now forming the larges…