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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTMT_lattimer-massacre_New-Cumberland-PA.html
"It was not a battle because they were not aggressive, nor were they on the defensive because they had no weapons of any kind and were simply shot down like so many worthless objects; each of the licensed life takers trying to outdo the others in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTMO_st-josephs-church_Hazleton-PA.html
Organized in 1882 by the Rev. Ignatius Jascovich, pioneer Slovak Catholic priest, St. Joseph's is the oldest Slovak Roman Catholic parish in the Western Hemisphere.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTML_honor-roll-of-st-josephs-parish_Hazleton-PA.html
Honor Roll ofSt. Joseph's ParishRev. Leo Kroner, Pastor———————Killed in Action*Salvick, John J.? ? ? *Saferanko, Andrew———————Kashak, J.J. · Beckley, Stephe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTL1_white-haven_White-Haven-PA.html
Named for Josiah White (1781-1850) whose Lehigh Navigation system was vital to coal and lumber transport. This was the northern limit, 1837-1862, of the two-way navigation from Easton. Here it met White's 20-mile railroad to Wilkes-Barre with its …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTL0_lehigh-path_Mountain-Top-PA.html
Until about 1800, a Native American footpath passed through here. It was one of several linking Indian villages in the Delaware and Susquehanna River drainage systems. This path originated at the Forks of the Delaware River (near Easton) and proce…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTKZ_the-sugarloaf-massacre_Sugarloaf-PA.html
Near this spot occurredThe Sugarloaf MassacreOn September 11, 1780 a detachment of Captain John van Etten's Company, Northampton County Militia, resting at the spring was surprised by a band of Indians and Tories led by the Senece Chief Roland Mon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTKX_sugarloaf-massacre_Sugarloaf-PA.html
After an unsuccessful attack on Fort Augusta, Indians and Tories surprise a detachment of Northumberland Co. militia on Sept. 11, 1780. The site of the massacre is just beyond the town.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTKK_lattimer-massacre_Faber-PA.html
Here on September 10, 1897, nearly 400 immigrant coal miners on strike were met and fired upon by sheriff's deputies. Unarmed, they were marching from Harwood to Lattimer in support of higher wages and more equitable working conditions. Nineteen o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLHR_wilkes-barre_Wilkes-Barre-Township-PA.html
Laid out 1770 by a group of Connecticut settlers, on land claimed by that state. Seat of "County of Westmoreland," erected 1776. Near here took place the Wyoming Massacre, 1778, and the "Pennamite Wars" of 1769-72 and 1784.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLHG_lattimer-massacre_Jim-Thorpe-PA.html
Near here at Harwood, on Sept. 10, 1897, immigrant coal miners on strike began a march for higher wages and equal rights. Unarmed, they were fired upon at Lattimer by sheriff's deputies. Nineteen marchers—Polish, Slovak, and Lithuanian&mdash…
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