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Monroe County’s frontier forts: Fort DePue

October 2012 |
In 1755, an uneasy feeling between the native peoples and early settlers eventually made its way to the farm owned by the family of Nicholas DePue, one of the earliest white settlers of the Delaware Water Gap area. Samuel DePue, one of Nicholas’s son’s, had replaced the original log homestead with a large stone home. Because of its prime location near a reliable water source, one of Benjamin Franklin’s first acts in reaction to the growing hostilities between natives and settlers was to insist that the DePue homestead be occupied by a military force. Read More...

Famous graves in Monroe County

April 2011 |
Here are the final resting places of some of Monroe County’s most interesting and historical personages. Read More...

Monroe County's off-the-beaten-path gems

April 2011 |
If you think all you need to know about history you learned in junior high, think again. Monroe County has some history that is not only worth reading about but visiting, too. Here are some off-the-beaten-path places to visit. Read More...

Celebrating Cullen Yates: Fundraiser paints picture of Poconos artist

November 2010 |
Large undertakings often have humble beginnings, and the impetus for the upcoming art show and auction at Shawnee Inn, "Cullen Yates: 99 Years at Shawnee Inn," is just such a case. It all began because folks at Monroe County Historical Association decided the upstairs of Stroud Mansion — its headquarters — needed a new coat of paint, and this has morphed into a celebration of the most lauded painter in northeastern Pennsylvania, with perhaps the largest collection of Yates paintings assembled since the artist's death in 1945. Read More...

Historical Marker dedicated in Smithfield Township

July 2010 |
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 More...