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1810 - 1819
Wednesday, January 14, 2009. September. First bank ("Philadelphia Branch") begins operations in Wilkes-Barre. Launch of the river-boat The Luzerne of Wilkes-Barre . (April 10). Severe frosts in Wyoming Valley, and certain crops destroyed. (June and August). Thermometer at Wilkes-Barre registers 20° below 0. (February 14). Extraordinary hail-storm in Wyoming Valley. (July 12). First bridge across the Susquehanna at Wilkes-Barre, foot of Market Street, opened to the public. (February).
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1820 - 1829
Wednesday, January 14, 2009. First steamboat "Codorus" at Wilkes-Barre. (April 12). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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1830 - 1839
Wednesday, January 14, 2009. May First canal-boat leaves Wilkes-Barre for Philadelphia, laden with flour, coal and lumber. The remains of those who fell in the battle and massacre of Wyoming are re-interred, and the corner-stone of the Wyoming Monument is laid. (July 3). Ice, snow, cold weather, and seven-year locusts damage vegetation in Wyoming Valley and cause much inconvenience. (May). Wyoming Division, North Branch Canal, completed, and water let in. (June 27). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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1840 - 1849
Wednesday, January 14, 2009. First balloon ascension in Wilkes-Barre. (June 18). First train of passenger-cars run on a railroad in Wyoming Valley. (May 23). Wyoming Monument dedicated, in the presence of the Governor of the Commonwealth and other distinguished visitors. (July 3). The Wyoming Artillerists leave Wilkes-Barre for the seat of war. (The War with Mexico.) (December 7). Wilkes-Barre Law and Library Association organized. (April 6). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Wilkes-Barre in 1844
Sunday, March 22, 2009. Rev N G. Parke, D. D. D., Pittston. Gazette - June, 1869). Some little girls who are not too old to listen to stories, whose mother lived in Wilkes-Barre when the cows found good pasture in the upper part of Franklin street, wish me to tell them something about Wilkes-Barre, the capital of Luzerne. From Rev. J. W. Sterling, then a tutor in Princeton College, I had letters to Rev. John Dorrance. Mrs Chester Butler, Mrs. George Hollenback. To whom the people of Wilkes-Barre are larg...
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1850 - 1859
Wednesday, January 14, 2009. First telegraph line running into Wilkes-Barre is in operation. First daily newspaper published in Wilkes-Barre. Gas manufactured by the Wilkes-Barre Gas Company turned on and burned for the first time. (February 1). First train comes into the valley from Scranton over the Lackawanna and Bloomsburg Railroad. (June 24). The corner-stone of the third Luzerne County Court House is laid with Masonic ceremonies. (August 12). Two feet of snow fall in the valley. (April 20).
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Wilkes-Barre - Fire of 1859
Wilkes-Barre - Fire of 1859. Monday, April 27, 2009. The fire broke out at between 2 and 3 o'clock in the morning and before the firemen arrived had gained considerable headway and was not checked until the flames had reached Steele's hotel, later known as the Luzerne House where now stands the Bennett building, corner of Public Square and North Main street. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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1860 - 1869
Wednesday, January 14, 2009. Water is turned on by the Wilkes-Barre Water Company for the first time. (September 19). First steam fire-engine seen and operated in Wilkes-Barre. (September 24). Destructive ice freshet in the Susquehanna. (February 13). First company of Wilkes-Barre volunteers (Wyoming Artillerists) for the defense of the Union leaves for Harrisburg, where it is mustered into the United States service. (April 18). Greatest flood in the Susquehanna ever known. (March 17). Corner-stone of th...
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Wilkes-Barre Flood of 1865
Thursday, June 11, 2009. March 22, 1865. Account of Flood of 1865. From - Record of the Times). The air was soft and springlike, the frogs piped in the waters and the blue bird carrolled in the woods and increased activity was visible everywhere in preparation for April changes and the spring trade. The warm south wind of Thursday hardly occasioned a thought as the snow was gone in the valley and the spring air was so delightful. Reaching River street we found the flood up to the corner of the pavement a...
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Wilkes-Barre - Fire of 1867
Wilkes-Barre - Fire of 1867. Monday, April 27, 2009. This was the last large fire in which the old hand pumps were used to any extent. as in 1871 the Town Council was presented with a steam fire engine and the old hand machines were relegated to the rear. James R. Rutter (Wilkes-Barre Times Newspaper Article - October 6, 1897). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
