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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z42_wilkes-barre-and-eastern-railroad_Pocono-Summit-PA.html
In 1893 a single track line was built from Wilkes-Barre to Stroudsburg. It was the shortest route to a connecting line, taking anthracite coal to tidewater ports in New Jersey for domestic and export markets. With stations at Naomi Pines, Pocono L…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z3R_ice-harvesting-industry_Long-Pond-PA.html
Ice was harvested on local lakes from 1896 thru the 1940s. Vast icehouses insulated with sawdust at Naomi Lake, Pocono Lake, Stillwater Lake, Anglewood lake and Brady's Lake kept tons of ice frozen through summer. Blocks of ice were shipped by rai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z3Q_forest-products-industry_Pocono-Pines-PA.html
The area's vast timber resources spawned a myriad of wood-related industries. 30 sawmills existed in 1830. With increasing demand, larger sawmills and specialty production opened, including a clothespin factory. Over 20 products were made, such as…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z3N_naomi-pines-house_Pocono-Summit-PA.html
Franklin Comfort Miller opened a summer resort on this site in 1888. His beautiful Victorian hotel offered guests lush woodlands, pure streams and healthy spring water. Naomi Lake (1895) added swimming and boating. Room cost of $8 weekly included …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z3L_isaac-stauffer_Pocono-Pines-PA.html
Stauffer (1834-1919) engaged in lumbering on an enormous scale, reinvesting his profits in land. He accumulated over 4,000 acres in this area. Business ventures included manufacturing, a saw mill, ice companies and Pocono Lake's first phone compan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z2N_easton-and-wilkes-barre-turnpike_Blakeslee-PA.html
A privately-owned toll road was chartered in 1803 and completed by 1816. It followed the course of today's route 115 in our township, with tollgates about every 17-miles. Grain from the Wyoming Valley, lumber from the Poconos, and building plaster…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z2M_harrison-amusement-park_Blakeslee-PA.html
From 1930,families flocked here, to a creekside beach and attractions on both sides of the road: Sporting fields, miniature railroad, carousel, stone skating rink, clubhouse, swimming pools, dining hall and penny arcade. The place was hopping as c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z2L_the-first-fire-company-and-clymer-library_Pocono-Pines-PA.html
The First Fire Company
Built in 1935, the Pocono Pines Fire Company included offices for police, township supervisors and support staff. Its Goodwill Community Club offered space for public "meetings, suppers and various functions." By …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z2K_the-first-schoolhouse_Blakeslee-PA.html
Our community pioneered public education before the state mandated it in 1834. A log schoolhouse was built in 1831, with Miss Sarah Winters as the first teacher. Few married women were employed in that era. By 1860, the township's four schools eac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z2J_the-great-swamp_Blakeslee-PA.html
The local landscape was formed over 11,000 years ago by the retreating Wisconsin glacier. As the ice melted, it left behind massive boulders and rocks, known as "drift deposits". This geological event created vast areas of swampy land th…