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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N60_our-lady-of-mount-carmel_Hazleton-PA.html
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Hazleton Pennsylvania First and only Tyrolean Roman Catholic congregation established in the United States. Founded October 7, 1905 by Rev. Lewis Luchi.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AWK_fort-wilkes-barre-1778_Wilkes-Barre-PA.html
This monument was erected by the Wyoming Valley Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution assisted by the Sons of the Revolution to mark the spot where Fort Wilkes-Barre stood in 1778 at the time of the Wyoming Massacre.The fort was name…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AWB_henry-m-hoyt_Kingston-PA.html
Was born on this site in 1830. Governor of Pennsylvania, 1879-83; first to serve four years under the State Constitution of 1873. Advocated correctional institutions for care of youthful offenders. Died in 1892.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AWA_shawnee-fort_Plymouth-PA.html
Designated in 1776 by the Continental Congress as one of a series of forts protecting American colonists from attack during the Revolutionary War. Defended Connecticut settlers from those with competing claims on Wyoming Valley lands. Garrison pos…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AVM_abijah-smith-company_Plymouth-PA.html
Established 1807 by Abijah Smith, who had bought 75 acres here on Ransom Creek and was later joined by his brother John. Their shipments of coal by ark down the Susquehanna, begun in 1807, continued for 20 years. This company was, in 1818, the fir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AVG_avondale-mine-disaster_Plymouth-PA.html
On September 6, 1869, a fire broke out at the nearby Avondale Colliery, trapping the miners. The eventual death toll was 110. This included five boys between the ages of twelve and seventeen, and two volunteers who were suffocated while attempting…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AUZ_pete-gray-wyshner_Nanticoke-PA.html
The only one-armed man to play major league baseball. Born and resided in Nanticoke's Hanover section. As a child, he lost his right arm in an accident. Named Most Valuable Player of the Southern Assn. while playing for the Memphis Chicks in 1944.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AUD_concrete-city_Nanticoke-PA.html
Notable for early use of International Style architectural concepts in creating "model" industrial housing. Located ? - mile north of here. The homes, built by the D L & W Railroad's Coal Division for forty Truesdale Colliery employees, were opene…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A21_teedyuscung_Wilkes-Barre-PA.html
Called "King of the Delawares," he upheld the dignity of Native Americans and strove to protect their right to land in Pennsylvania. Baptized by the Moravians, he established the Wyoming Valley's last Delaware & Mahican settlement near this site i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A1V_william-camp-gildersleeve_Wilkes-Barre-PA.html
Prominent merchant and ardent abolitionist significant to the Underground Railroad in Wilkes-Barre. He provided refuge to fugitive slaves at his home and business near here. In 1853, Gildersleeve testified in a U.S. Supreme Court case, Maxwell vs.…
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