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."
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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.
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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. Read
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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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