#Jenkins Township #History

1976 newsprint clipping from the Sunday Dispatch Bicentennial Edition. The first set of clipping covers general Jenkins Township history from the late 1700’s to the mid 1800’s. This includes information about the earliest inhabitants, early coal interests, the villages of Jenkins, Captain Blanchard, Colonel John Jenkins, Inkerman, and finally Sevastpol.…

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Wrapped Up In #Pittston #History

It’s a wrap: Leadership Wilkes-Barre wraps downtown electrical boxes with historical photos The Leadership Wilkes-Barre Group, known as “Back to the Future: Pittston Edition,” has completed the six month project of the eight historical electrical box wraps. They are located at several Main Street intersections and on Kennedy Boulevard. Our…

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Jan 11th- Anthracite #Mining History Month Presentation- #Pittston Social & Industrial #History

Friday, January 11, 2019 at 6:30 PM Anthracite Mining History Month Presentation- Pittston’s Social & Industrial History Please join us Friday, January 11 in the Cosgrove Room of the Pittston Memorial Library for an Anthracite Mining History Month presentation entitled “Pittston’s Social and Industrial History”. You will not want to…

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Jan 25th- Ethnicity In The Anthracite Region

Thursday, January 25, 2018 at 7 PM – 9 PM Join the Greater Pittston Historical Society as we observe Anthracite Mining Heritage Month with a free public program on January 25, 2018 titled “Ethnicity in the Anthracite Region: An Appreciation of Five Local Heritage Groups”. List of Scheduled Presenters and…

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What’s New at the GPHS

A quick update on what’s new at the Greater Pittston Historical Society: 1.) We’re looking forward to participating in the first St. Patrick’s Parade sponsored by Pittston City on over a half century! (The last reference we could find to a St. Patrick’s Parade in Pittston City in any newspaper…

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