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Author Barbara Taylor will discuss how her love of family lore and interest in research led her to write three (and counting!) historical fiction novels set in Scranton, PA. She’ll ...

June is the perfect time to add new varieties of flowering perennials to your garden. GDHS is hosting a Plant Sale Fundraiser where garden lovers can purchase outdoor plants at ...

The Historical Society is hosting a bus trip on Tuesday, June 24, to two historic sites in New York’s Hudson River Valley: The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, ...

The Historical Society’s annual Open House will be held at Peggy Bancroft Hall on Saturday, July 7. The museum and outbuildings will be open for tours, and visitors will be ...

Dr. Christopher Howey will cover the history, ecology, and conservation of America’s Rattlesnake – the Timber Rattlesnake. The Timber Rattlesnake has a checkered history with its own country, having once ...

by David Pierce, author, journalist and former DWGNRA Park Ranger What does the fatal 1955 flood of the Wallenpaupack Creek have to do with a 1962 Congressionally approved plan to ...

Join us for a day of celebrating local history and honoring the legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps at Promised Land State Park. Admission is free! Masker Museum will be ...

Join us for a day filled with history and fun at the 12th Annual Canal Festival sponsored by the Wayne County Historical Society on Saturday, August 16, 2025. This free ...

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 ...

A series of six evening seminars on topics of local interest, with the opening seminar being held on September 16, and the last one on October 21. Registration is requested ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 [email protected] for ...

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 ...