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).
http://wb1859fire.blogspot.com/
TODAY'S RATING
>1,000,000
Date Range
HIGHEST TRAFFIC ON
Friday
LOAD TIME
0.1 seconds
16x16
32x32
64x64
128x128
PAGES IN
THIS WEBSITE
1
SSL
EXTERNAL LINKS
2
SITE IP
74.125.228.202
LOAD TIME
0.145 sec
SCORE
6.2
Wilkes-Barre - Fire of 1859 | wb1859fire.blogspot.com Reviews
https://wb1859fire.blogspot.com
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).
wb1859fire.blogspot.com
Wilkes-Barre - Fire of 1859
http://www.wb1859fire.blogspot.com/2009/04/back-to-reminisces-fire-of-1859-during.html
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: Post Comments (Atom).
TOTAL PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE
1
Reminisces
http://wbreminisces.blogspot.com/2008/11/back-to-home.html
Friday, November 28, 2008. Isaac Weld, Jr.'s, a Dublin Irishman, journey to Wilkes-Barre in November, 1796. A Yankee's Impressions of Wilkes-Barre (1800-1). Dec 5—Arrived at Wilkes-Barre about 2 pm It is now in agitation to build a turnpike from here to Easton. Sixty miles, and should this be effected Philadelphia will be the market via this route, which will shorten the distance one hundred miles from what it is by the Lancaster road. (More). Wilkes-Barre, 1800 - 1806. Memorandum of a Stranger in Luzerne.
TOTAL LINKS TO THIS WEBSITE
2
cc竞速飞车软件 | CC飞车开奖 cc竞速飞车开奖结果
试机号 2,4,4. 溢彩阳光 北京 科技有限公司 版权所有 客服电话400-8107-365 京ICP备12025913号-5 京公网安备11010502013256.
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).
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).
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...
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).
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).
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...
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...
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).
1870 - 1879
Wednesday, January 14, 2009. The bounds of Wilkes-Barre Borough are extended in a small degree. (October). Wilkes-Barre Borough is incorporated into a city by an Act of the State Legislature. (May 4). Celebration of the centennial anniversary of the founding and naming of Wilkes-Barre. (July 4). The Wilkes-Barre City Hospital is established and opened. (October). Twelve inches of snow on the ground, and temperature 10° below 0. Coldest weather in ten years. (December 26). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
