Delaware Water
Gap, both as a town and a natural geological
landmark, has been featured as the subject of
numerous pieces of artwork, stories, poems, and
photographs. For years, visitors have been drawn
to this small mountain community. Jesse A. Graves
was no different. Read
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When Thomas Penn,
one of William Penn's sons, sought additional
lands from native Americans for the Pennsylvania
colony, it was agreed between the two parties that
this new land grant would contain a tract of land
beginning at Wrightstown and extending northward
as far as a man could walk in one and one-half
days. This became known as the infamous "Walking
Purchase." Read
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On Friday, July
2, 2010, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
Commission, together with the Smithfield Township
Board of Supervisors, the Middle Smithfield
Township Board of Supervisors, and the Eastern
Monroe Regional Commission dedicated an official
State Historical Marker commemorating the
Shawnee/Minisink Archaeological Site at Rivers
Edge Park in Minisink Hills. Read
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June/2010/ Filed in:
Stroudsburg
The first Post
Office in Stroudsburg was created shortly after
1800, with Daniel Stroud serving as postmaster.
The first returns were made to Daniel Stroud on
April 1, 1803. Over the years, the Post Office was
moved to various locations around Stroudsburg. In
1884, it was located at the corner of Main and 7th
Streets. By 1915, the building was at 567 Main
Street, and in 1928, it was located at 22 South
6th Street. Read
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On March 9, 1970,
by an act of Legislature, the brook trout was
named the official state fish of Pennsylvania. In
1902, a Monroe County business created an industry
to sell this native fish species to the public.
The Paradise Brook Trout Co. was the first
licensed trout hatchery in Pennsylvania. Founded
by a group of businessmen from Pennsylvania and
New Jersey, the hatchery is still operating today
on Route 191 in Paradise Township.
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April/2010/ Filed in:
George C.
Hughes |
Business
On Easter Sunday
in 1898, a special edition of the
Stroudsburg
Daily Times was printed, and
in the process, a world record was broken. Only
hours before, the paper used for the newspaper had
been a living tree. It was all done to commemorate
the Stroudsburg
Daily Times’ fourth
anniversary. Read
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An old tale from
Monroe County’s history recounts the legend of a
love between and Indian princess and an early
Dutch settler. The story, which may or may not be
true, was first recorded in Luke W. Brodhead’s
1870 book, The Delaware
Water Gap, Its Legends and Early
History. As the story
goes, Princess Winona was the beloved and only
daughter of Chief Wissinoming, the noble leader of
the Minisink. While the chief ruled all of the
land along the Delaware and Susquehanna rivers to
the Atlantic Ocean, the headquarters of the tribe
was located near Shawnee Island and present-day
Smithfield Township, Monroe County.
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January/2010/ Filed in:
Politics
Every 10 years,
the United States government conducts a census. A
census is a regularly occurring official count
that collects the economic, demographic and social
data of a population. The information is
collected, analyzed, and used in a variety of
ways, including determining how much federal
funding a community is eligible to receive to
realigning congressional districts. Another
example includes many family historians who use
older census reports to research their
ancestors. Read
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