Please join the Greater Pittston Historical Society for a special presentation by Professor Bob Wolensky, King’s College, on the history of the local apparel industry. The talk is titled, “Min Matheson, Russell Bufalino, and Other Participants in the Wyoming Valley’s Ladies’ Garment Industry, 1945-1995.” Thursday, September 9th at 7:00 PM…
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…
Please support the Agnes Documentary Project. To sponsor the film please visit our gofundme page or you can visit www.agnes72.com for more information. This new “Agnes” video will NOT be featured in the documentary being produced by the Agnes Flood Documentary Project. It’s something that the editor of the film…
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…
