History of the 8th Street Bridge demolition; both articles and photos are included. The website historicbridges.org has all relevant information about the location, structure, type, construction, date, builder, engineer, span, general dimensions, history, and historical significance. It also has photos from different angles and video of crossing the bridge from…
Pittston Area High School Class of 1976 has made a wonderful visual memoriam for classmates. It is public and can be accessed through the links below or viewed in the embedded slideshow of this post. The memoriam contains obituaries, news clippings, and photos for each classmate who have passed. Visitors…
A very interesting article about the laying out of Main Street in Pittston, how Plank Street got it’s name and an explanation of why the curve exists in the road at Panama Street., from the Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader January 10, 1964. Incidentally, the article relies heavily on information supplied by Greater…
A look back in time 90 years. Photo of the Senior “Revealer” Staff at Pittston High, 1929-1930 from a Sunday Dispatch April 19, 1970 newsprint article. Mark Skesavage says: My grandfather. Joseph Menn. Far left of back row. I own the original of this picture and all the original photos…
This article starts in the 1800’s and then moves as far as the very early twentieth century. It talks about trenches dug in the area, marine engineers brought in, reservoirs built and holding dams erected. It also mentions several of the water companies. This item is from the digitized Charles…
Another interesting article from Mr. McCarthy on how early settlers crossed the river, beginning in the 1780’s. The article continues through the colonial period and then into the early twentieth century. We really need to show thanks to Mr. Tom Weeks for spending months organizing, laying out, and scanning hundreds…
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.…
May 21 ( Saturday) Historic Artifacts display at JK Holly’s (48 S. Main St. Pittston) 10 am – 6 pm Join the Greater Pittston Historical Society, the Dial Rock Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Frances Dorrance Chapter of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology for a…
We are diligently working on setting up and organizing our new space ! The GPHS has an office now located in the lower level of the Pittston Memorial Library. We are so thankful and appreciative they have allocated this space for us. Currently we are not open to the public and…
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…
