A History of Wilkes-Barré, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania: From Its First Beginnings to the Present Time, Including Chapters of Newly-discovered Early Wyoming Valley History, Together with Many Biographical Sketches and Much Genealogical Material, Volume 1Raeder Press, 1909 - Civic leaders |
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... FIVE " SETTLING - TOWNS " -WILKES - BARRE LAID OUT AND NAMED- SOME FACTS RELATIVE TO THE WRITING AND PRONUNCIATION OF THE NAME OF THE TOWN . PAGE 435 462 CHAPTER IX . THE RIGHT HON . JOHN WILKES , PATRIOT , STATESMAN , AND A FRIEND TO ...
... FIVE " SETTLING - TOWNS " -WILKES - BARRE LAID OUT AND NAMED- SOME FACTS RELATIVE TO THE WRITING AND PRONUNCIATION OF THE NAME OF THE TOWN . PAGE 435 462 CHAPTER IX . THE RIGHT HON . JOHN WILKES , PATRIOT , STATESMAN , AND A FRIEND TO ...
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... five " settling - towns " in Wyoming Valley surveyed under the direction of Major Durkee . -September . The First Pennamite - Yankee War is begun . -November 14. Fort Durkee is surrendered to the Pennamites by the Yankees , and the ...
... five " settling - towns " in Wyoming Valley surveyed under the direction of Major Durkee . -September . The First Pennamite - Yankee War is begun . -November 14. Fort Durkee is surrendered to the Pennamites by the Yankees , and the ...
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... Five Indian Nations , " first published in 1727 , referred to it in similar terms . In 1745 the Mohawk chief Abraham described to William Johnson certain lands as lying " at the head of Sus- quehannah Lake . " On the reduced ...
... Five Indian Nations , " first published in 1727 , referred to it in similar terms . In 1745 the Mohawk chief Abraham described to William Johnson certain lands as lying " at the head of Sus- quehannah Lake . " On the reduced ...
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... five years ago and more . To the Wilkes - Barréans of those days they were known as " The Riffles . " When , at this point , the construction of a fairway - intended to be of material aid to river navigation - was attempted by the ...
... five years ago and more . To the Wilkes - Barréans of those days they were known as " The Riffles . " When , at this point , the construction of a fairway - intended to be of material aid to river navigation - was attempted by the ...
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... Five Nations - later the Six Nations - on the north before the Lenni Lenâpés , or Delawares , began their westward movement . † The Susquehannocks were , undoubtedly , a branch of the great Huron - Iroquois family . From time immemorial ...
... Five Nations - later the Six Nations - on the north before the Lenni Lenâpés , or Delawares , began their westward movement . † The Susquehannocks were , undoubtedly , a branch of the great Huron - Iroquois family . From time immemorial ...
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Page 244 - Line, to bee drawne from the head of the said River unto the said three and fortieth Degree. The said Lands to...