Four Prisoners Escape (no replies)
HONESDALE, Pa., July 23. Four prisoners escaped from the county jail by sawing in two the iron bars of their cell window. The sheriff collected a posse and started in pursuit, but thus far they have...
View ArticleEarly Residents (no replies)
THE EARLY RESIDENTS. The beginning of the town has already been outlined, some of the early settlers being incidentally mentioned, and the following list is, therefore, in some measure, a...
View ArticleResults of the storm-1858 (no replies)
The sudden storm that visited this county on Wednesday afternoon of last week, left its mark in different places. In Mt. Pleasant Township the lightning struck a barn filled with hay, the property of...
View ArticleHughes, Michael (no replies)
"Boston Pilot" newspaper, 7 Nov 1874: Missing Friends. Information Wanted -- Of Michael Hughs [sic -- Hughes?], son of Thomas Hughs, Hawley, Pa.; he was captain of a boat on the Delaware and Hudson...
View ArticleEgle's 1876 Penna. History - Wayne County (no replies)
WAYNE county was organized by the act of March 21st, I798, declaring that "all that part of Northampton county lying and being to the northward of a line, to be drawn and beginning at the west end of...
View ArticleWayne County Settled (no replies)
WAYNE COUNTY adjoins Luzerne, but traces back to Northampton county. It was so named in honor of General Anthony Wayne. Honesdale is the county seat. Its early history ties in with the dispute between...
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