Mocanaqua
Founded as a coal-company town around 1882 by the West End Coal Company. Named for Frances Slocum, a girl from Wilkes-Barre, who was kidnapped by Indians after the Battle of Wyoming in 1778.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1882.
Location. 41° 8.455′ N, 76° 8.307′ W. Marker is in Mocanaqua, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County. It is on Pond Hill Road (Pennsylvania Route 239) south of Main Street ( Route 239), on the left. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Shickshinny PA 18655, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region, in the Wyoming Valley, and in Greater Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); World Wars Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); Shickshinny (approx. 1.1 miles away); Warriors Path (approx. 2.4 miles away); Union Access (approx. 3.2 miles away); Wapwallopen (approx. 4.8 miles away); a different marker also named War Memorial (approx. 5.3 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 6.2 miles away).
Also see . . . Mocanaqua, Pennsylvania at Wikipedia. (Submitted on April 17, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
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Credits. This page was last revised on April 17, 2018. It was originally submitted on April 17, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,633 times since then and 80 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 17, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
