The Du Pont Empire started with gunpowder and expanded into chemicals and automotive. It all started with the 1800 New Year's eve, when Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours arrived in Newport, R.I. as a political refugee from France. Alongside him there were his sons Victor and Eleuthere Irenee, their wives and his 5 grandchildren.
In 1802 Eleuthere Irenee started a gunpowder mill on the banks of the Brandywine River near Wilmington, Delaware.
The Du Ponts were a very educated family with a love for fine arts and history. They played a major role in establishing museums, a conservancy and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. William du Pont, Jr. and his sister, Marion duPont Scott, were avid lovers of horses so they dedicated a big part of their life into breading race horses.
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