December in the Poconos
Holiday Celebrations December is a beautiful time of year throughout the Pocono Mountains and the surrounding area. It’s a great time to enjoy some very special events. Here are a few of our favorites. Grey Towers National Historic Site December…
Minisink Battlefield Park
A “Ghost Walk” with John Conway I recently had the opportunity to join Sullivan County Historian, John Conway on a “ghost walk” along the trails of the Minisink Battleground Park in Highland, NY. Nearly seventy-five people joined the late October…
Captain Phineas Howe 1772-1843
Large Landowner; Builder of Schools and Taverns By Ruth Altemier, Greene-Dreher Historical Society Phineas Howe, 1772-1843, was an early settler of the area. As per Matthews’ A History of Wayne, Pike & Monroe Counties, Phineas Howe acquired the title of…
Honesdale’s Congregation Beth Israel Celebrates 175 Years!
Congregation Beth Israel celebrates 175 years.
Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm
Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm – Preserving 19th Century Agricultural Heritage
Rosamond Pinchot Diaries
In addition to being the niece of Gifford Pinchot, Rosamond was cousin to Edie Sedgwick of Warhol fame; half-sister of Mary Pinchot Meyer – JFK’s lover; friend to Eleanor Roosevelt and Elizabeth Arden. Rosamond was a stunning socialite who died at the age of thirty-three by her own hand.
Gertrude Hawk
The Sweet Success of a Visionary Woman Northeast Pennsylvania is home to several national brand products. Planters Peanuts was founded by Amedeo Obici and Mario Peruzzi in 1906 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. D.G. Yuengling & Son is a brewery that is…
Cornelia Elizabeth Pinchot
Known as Leila to her friends, Ms. Pinchot was an outspoken activist, reformer and suffragist. Born in 1881 in Newport, Rhode Island, to a wealthy and politically connected family. In 1914 she married Gifford Pinchot, father of the American Conservation…
Sarah Mary Benjamin
Driving along PA371, just west of Pleasant Mount, nestled between the Pocono and Endless Mountains, is a historical marker in honor of Sarah Mary Benjamin. Sarah Mathews was born in the mid-1750s in Connecticut. Her family had moved from the…
Chief Thundercloud
I stumbled upon a website containing information about Dingmans Ferry. On it, they spoke about the local grave site of Chief Thundercloud, 1856-1916; he was a scout during the Indian Wars, a performer in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show…