Sep 06 Upcoming Event Traditional Folk Ballads and Stories of the Anthracite Coal Region September 6, 2025, 1:00pm to 2:30pm - Peggy Bancroft Hall, S. Sterling Known as the “Minstrel of the Mountains,” Dave Matsinko brings together a love of music and an interest in history by performing traditional folk and Americana music. He interprets music ... o-arrow--white--long Sep 20 Upcoming Event Historic House Bus Tour September 20, 2025, 8:45am to 5:00pm - Depart Dutch's Market Parking Lot, Greentown Please join us for a day to the “Diamond City” (Wilkes-Barre) where we travel from colonial times to Victorian high society. The first stop will be the Luzerne County Historical ... o-arrow--white--long Sep 23 Upcoming Event Local History Seminars September 23, 2025, 6:00pm to October 23, 2025, 8:00pm - Peggy Bancroft Hall A series of six evening seminars on topics of local interest, with the opening seminar being held on September 23, and the last one on October 23. Registration is requested ... o-arrow--white--long Sep 23 Upcoming Event The Story of the Building of Lake Wallenpaupack September 23, 2025, 6:00pm to 8:00pm - Peggy Bancroft Hall, S. Sterling D.J. Roberts will present the history of the creation of Lake Wallenpaupack and share little-known facts and accounts about its construction between 1924 and 1926. Originally built for hydroelectric power, ... o-arrow--white--long Sep 30 Upcoming Event Treasures of the June Dorflinger Hardy Collection September 30, 2025, 6:00pm to 8:00pm - Peggy Bancroft Hall by Henry J. Loftus Jr. When Christian Dorflinger built his factory near Hawley in 1862, he had already established his reputation for excellence in glassmaking. The new White Mills site, ... o-arrow--white--long Oct 06 Upcoming Event Grave Matters: The Witch Trial of Margaret Mattson October 6, 2025, 1:00pm to 2:30pm - Peggy Bancroft Hall, South Sterling by Douglas Miller, Site Director of Pennsbury Manor Nine years before the infamous Salem Witch Trials took place, a Delaware County woman faced her own witch trial in Philadelphia. It ... o-arrow--white--long Oct 07 Upcoming Event The Delaware and Hudson Gravity Railroad from Carbondale to Honesdale October 7, 2025, 6:00pm to 8:00pm - Peggy Bancroft Hall, S. Sterling by S. Robert Powell, PhD. The D & H Canal and Gravity Railroad was a system of transportation between northeastern Pennsylvania coal fields and the ports of New York and ... o-arrow--white--long Oct 11 Upcoming Event Jam & Jelly Day October 11, 2025, 11:00am to 2:00pm - Peggy Bancroft Hall, S. Sterling Our annual Jam & Jelly Day will once again feature delicious homemade jams and jellies for sale in a wide selection of flavors, from the traditional to the tantalizing. A ... o-arrow--white--long Oct 14 Upcoming Event Early Settlement in the Wallenpaupack Valley October 14, 2025, 6:00pm to 8:00pm - Peggy Bancroft Hall, S. Sterling Jon Tandy has spent years researching Lake Wallenpaupack and the first settlement along the Wallenpaupack Creek. He will discuss the factors which lead these settlers to leave their homes in ... o-arrow--white--long Oct 21 Upcoming Event Quaker Settlements in the Poconos October 21, 2025, 6:00pm to 8:00pm - Peggy Bancroft Hall, S. Sterling The Poconos are known today as the honeymoon capital. Much of its economy is based on recreation and tourism. But in the early 1900s, Quakers from Philadelphia came to the ... o-arrow--white--long Oct 23 Upcoming Event Route 507 Litter Pick Up October 23, 2025, 10:00am to 12:00pm - Dutch's Market Parking Lot, Greentown Please join GDHS volunteers when we “Pick Up PA” on Thursday, October 23. Participants will help pick up trash and litter along Route 507 in Greentown. Contact Linda Kramer at lkramer.gdhs@aol.com for ... o-arrow--white--long Oct 23 Upcoming Event Hopedale – Newfoundland’s German Settlement October 23, 2025, 6:00pm to 8:00pm - Peggy Bancroft Hall, S. Sterling Bernadine Lennon will present the history of the Newfoundland Settlement – the first immigrants to settle there; how the Moravian Church shaped that community; and the first-hand accounts of what ... o-arrow--white--long Nov 03 Upcoming Event Honoring our Veterans November 3, 2025, 1:00pm to 2:30pm - Peggy Bancroft Hall, S. Sterling In honor of our veterans, patriotic songs will be performed by the Wallenpaupack South Elementary School Chorus, under the direction of music teacher Amber Balch. For the ninth year, the ... o-arrow--white--long