May/2010/
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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May/2008/
Springtime has
come once again to Monroe County. The trees’
leaves are budding, the flowers are blooming,
and the birds have returned. One beautiful bird,
however, has not appeared in spring for almost
one hundred years. This small, brightly-colored
parrot-like bird, named the Carolina parakeet,
once called Eastern North America, including
Monroe County, its home.
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August/2006/
From Delaware
Water Gap through Totts Gap over Wolf Rocks and
beyond Wind Gap and Smith Gap, Monroe County’s
scenery and natural history can be viewed from
high atop the Appalachian Mountains on the
Appalachian Trail. Read
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April/2006/
On July 5,
1968, John Leap, owner of the Lakeside Peat and
Humus Company, and Paul Strausser, an employee,
unknowingly unearthed the skull of a mastodon
during a peat mining operation in Marshalls
Creek. Located under six feet of bog material,
the mastodon’s bones had been perfectly
preserved. Read
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December/2005/
The tradition
of bringing evergreen boughs and even whole
trees indoors during the Winter Solstice began
in Europe well before reliable written records.
These early indoor trees, however, were not
adorned with fanciful decorations. Relatively
modern Christmas tree traditions began in the
16th Century, with the Protestant reformer
Martin Luther being credited with first
decorating a small evergreen tree with candles.
These candles represented the stars in the sky
that twinkled over Bethlehem. Read
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