Visit the online history tour. From the project introduction page: This online exhibit explores some of the most iconic structures in Pittston’s history–many of which lined Main Street–and which left deep impressions on the memories of Pittston’s residents in the twentieth century. The structures featured here point to the intimate…
Throughout history in the Wyoming Valley you were never far from a drinking establishment where one can wet their whistle. The family-owned corner bar has been a staple in Greater Pittston going back to even before the discovery of coal in the area. In fact, the first “public house” in…
1973 – Life may have been harder, but having fun seemed to be so much easier. Below is a very well documented block party in the Oregon Section (Tompkins Street) of Pittston. The front page article of the September 2, 1973 Sunday Dispatch read: “Residents of the 100 block of…
1958 – Railroad Street changes to Columbus Avenue thanks to a nearly unanimous petition of Railroad Street residents. To this day, many Pittston residents say, “it’ll always be Railroad Street to me.”.
St. Casimir’s Church – Church & Butler Street– Lithuanians began settling in Pittston in 1869. By 1885 two hundred Lithuanians called Pittston home. Until St. Casimir’s Church was completed in 1889, the Lithuanians fulfilled their religious duties in other Catholic churches and congregated in the St. Casimir’s Society. A Lithuanian…
110 years ago on this day, Luzerne County was in the same position it is now with the condition of the bridge connecting Water Street to Luzerne Ave in West Pittston.
Something you typically don’t see everyday – locomotive falls through the street! Cornelia Street in Pittston behind the Glennon Brewery (later site of Detato’s and then Insalaco Supermarket). January 22, 1914.
“When the Fort Jenkins Bridge opened in 1926, spanning the Susquehanna River between Pittston and West Pittston, the Pittston Gazette newspaper called it a “work of art.” The bridge is practically one solid block of more than 20,000 cubic feet of concrete, according to the Gazette. The bridge cost $689,700…
The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum in Washington, PA featured a presentation last November 23, 2021, titled The Laurel Line – Scranton to Wilkes-Barre. Presented by George Gula, a trolley enthusiast and expert, the virtual presentation was part of the museum’s Trolleyology Series. The presentation is 2 hours long and packed with…
