who will discuss the Baltimore Tunnel Mine Disaster (1919), Wilkes-Barre Twp. The first Pittston connection in Anthracite Mining History Month was two nights ago, when Jenkins Twp. resident Ed ...

As part of World War II’s strategy to liberate Italy from the Nazis, the Allies sent an invasion force of 36,000 troops with ...

The Baltimore Tunnel Mine Disaster (1919) Marker, Wilkes-Barre Township; Vinnie Rotondaro, Historical Researcher, The Need for an Historical Marker for the Murdered (in 1920) Pittston Police ...

The naming of Wilkes-Barre began with a King's error. In 1662 King Charles II of England gave a charter to the Connecticut colony to certain lands in North America ...

Anthracite coal converted this region from agrarian to industrial. The discovery of hard coal — and the discovery by Jesse Fell of how to burn the stuff — spurred booms in the economy and population.

According to PA Turnpike officials, the Wilkes-Barre Interchange (Exit 105 ... MORE FROM FOX56: Millions awarded to address abandoned mine lands in Pennsylvania During the closure, drivers ...

However, the evolution of Wilkes-Barre's waterfront followed a different pattern ... These included tailors, coachmen, blacksmiths, miners, masons and painters, among others. Among the most intriguing ...

Downtown Wilkes-Barre, Rolling Mill Hill, Mayflower, Iron Triangle, and Goose Island neighborhoods November 18-22: North End, ...