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…
The Greater Pittston Historical Society has suspended all their meetings and featured speakers for the foreseeable future, due to Covid-19, so that people may maintain proper social distancing. Archiving work and social media updates will continue as we can. The society will continue to conduct some of their business, as…
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.…
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…
