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PENNSYLVANIA- TUNKHANNOCK, PA- 8/03/05

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TUNKHANNOCK,

PENNSYLVANIA


A hot time in the old town of Tunkhannock...

 

HISTORY of TUNKHANNOCK

 WYOMING COUNTY
Formed on April 4, 1842 out of Luzerne County.  The name, honoring the Wyoming Valley, is derived from and Indian word meaning "extensive meadows."  County seat of Tunkhannock was settled 1790, incorporated 1841.  Sullivan's March passed through in August 1779

SULLIVAN'S MARCH
General John Sullivan's army on August 3, 1779 camped by the river.  Third camp from Fort Wyoming.  Part of the Clinton-Sullivan campaign ending in the rout of the Six Nations Iroquois.  The Tory-Indian menace on the frontier was eliminated.

 

DOWN TOWN TUNKHANNOCK (As seen by the Camera on 8-03-05)

Wyoming County Courthouse
Wyoming County Courthouse Tunkhannock Post Office Berlinghof House

 

 

HISTORIC CHURCHES in TUNKHANNOCK

First Methodist Episcopal Church Tunkhannock Baptist Church
Presbyterian Church Nativity BVM Church

 

 HISTORIC HOMES in TUNKHANNOCK

 

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