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…
One of our Greater Pittston Historical Society members recently “discovered” the 1976 Pittston Area Key Club Scrapbook and made it available for viewing by the general public. The Greater Pittston Historical Society will eventually acquire the physical artifact and add it to its collection. The book is in good condition…
Over the next few weeks we will be updating the website and retooling and adding features. We’ll be condensing some information and expanding other portions of the site. Our apologies for any delays, site downtime, or missing items or information during this time. We hope you’ll be excited with the…
Our mission is to discover, collect, study, organize, preserve and display the history of Greater Pittston and to make that history available to the general public, public schools, researchers and historians. We support this mission by engaging in a variety of public educational programs; by organizing, maintaining and displaying artifact collections;…
We are a non-profit organization that relies on the hard work of our volunteers and can only thrive on the generosity of our community. Becoming a sponsor means you’re helping to support the preservation of local history – YOUR history. Many projects have been successful because of this support such…
