On Franklin Street at Mulberry Street (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling north on Franklin Street.
2 LT Carol Ann Drazba, RN, US Army
51st Field Hospital - 3rd Field Hospital, Saigon
68th Medical Group - 44th Medical Bde
2 LT Carol Ann Drazba, RN, a Dumore native, answered her country's call to minister to the sick, wounded and dying . . . — — Map (db m116456) HM WM
On Bald Mountain Road, on the left when traveling north.
In memory of the
Innocent and the Heroes
September 11, 2001
New York City, NY
World Trade Center
American Flight 11
United Flight 175
Arlington, VA.
The Pentagon
American Flight 77
Shanksville, PA.
United Flight 93
[First . . . — — Map (db m146824) WM
On Nay Aug Road at the Davis Trailhead, on the right when traveling east on Nay Aug Road.
To Honor Those We've Lost
And Those Who Carry On
In The Name Of Freedom And Liberty.
Dedicated To The City Of Scranton
11 September 2011
Presented By
The SGT Jan Argonish Ride
"No Worries — — Map (db m143734) WM
Near Mechanic Street, on the right when traveling east.
Steamtown's historic roundhouse complex consists of the above - and below - ground remains of a series of roundhouses and turntables built by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad between 1865 and 1937. In advance of the new exhibit . . . — — Map (db m19837) HM
On Adams Avenue 0.1 miles north of Spruce Street, on the left when traveling north.
In May 1902, 150,000 mineworkers struck for six months for union recognition, higher wages, shorter hours, and other demands. The Anthracite Coal Strike Commission, set up by President Theodore Roosevelt, held hearings at the Lackawanna County . . . — — Map (db m67827) HM
Near Mechanic Street, on the right when traveling east.
Across the tracks, adjacent to the back of the new exhibit building, is the historic 1902 roundhouse office - headquarters of the roundhouse foreman. Built in 1902, the roundhouse office is one of the oldest surviving buildings in the Delaware, . . . — — Map (db m19899) HM
Near Mechanic Street, on the right when traveling east.
The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad built its second roundhouse in this location in 1902. When first constructed, this building was part of a forty-six-stall roundhouse. After an extensive modernization program in 1937, only the three . . . — — Map (db m19893) HM
Near Mechanic Street, on the right when traveling east.
Stalls inside the 1902/1937 roundhouse had below-grade work pits. These shallow brick and concrete-lined pits ran down the center of each stall and extended from the front to the rear walls of the roundhouse. Upon a locomotive's arrival at the . . . — — Map (db m19835) HM
Near Mechanic Street, on the right when traveling east.
The roundhouse was and is the heart of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western (DL&W) yards. Here, mechanics perform daily maintenance on steam locomotives - routine inspections, light repairs, and boiler washes. Hissing steam, pounding hammers, and the . . . — — Map (db m19833) HM
This solid chunk of pure anthracite coal would heat a single
family home for a year. The Jeddo-Highland Coal Company
pulled this from the Mammoth Vein at their
Ebervale Site in Hazleton, Pa.
This 6½ ton block was recovered . . . — — Map (db m139071) HM
On the Access Road through Nay Aug Park, on the left when traveling north.
Erected in memory
of
Abraham Lincoln
by the
Jr. O.U.A.M.
Presented to
the
City of Scranton
July 4th 1909.
[Lincoln's Gettysburg Address]
[not transcribed]
Lackawanna County Councils
Jr. . . . — — Map (db m143736) HM
The anthracite deposits near Scranton were formed 345 to 280 million years ago from ancient swamps. Time and pressure of overlying rock transformed decaying plants into hard carbon known as coal.
Coal formed in layers or veins. The Clark Vein in . . . — — Map (db m146835) HM
On Washburn Street at Morris Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Washburn Street.
Here in the Washburn Cemetery lie the remains of 61 of the 110 victims of the September 6, 1869, Avondale Mine disaster in Plymouth Township, Luzerne County. The miners, most of whom were of Welsh descent, were interred on September 9, 1869. . . . — — Map (db m99116) HM
On September 6, 1869, the mine shaft at the Avondale Mine near Plymouth, PA caught fire. 108 men and boys lost their lives when their only chance of escape was blocked. Two rescuers also perished. Avondale stands as the most deadly . . . — — Map (db m139417) HM
On Elm Street at the Lackawanna River, on the right when traveling west on Elm Street.
The Baker Colliery of the
Glen Alden Coal Company
operated adjacent to the
CNJ Railroad.
Remnant colliery buildings
are still visible nearby. — — Map (db m143609) HM
On Mulberry Street east of Arthur Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
This ten inch shell and bronze port cover
recovered from the wreck of
The Battleship Maine
after having been submerged fourteen years
in the waters of Havana harbor
are here mounted as a memorial to the
brave officers . . . — — Map (db m116763) HM WM
On Mulberry Street (Pennsylvania Route 307) east of Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
This memorial is in
honor of all firefighters.
It was in Philadelphia, Pa that
Benjamin Franklin organized
the first fire department in Dec. 1736,
known as "The Bucket Brigade".
In memory of the members of the
Scranton . . . — — Map (db m114464) HM
The muffled drum's sad roll has beat
the soldier's last tattoo;
No more on life's parade shall meet
that brave and fallen few.
On fame's eternal camping-ground
their silent tents are spread,
and glory guards with solemn round,
the . . . — — Map (db m99113) WM
On Cedar Avenue at Mattes Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Cedar Avenue.
These four stone stacks, built between 1841 and 1854, are the remnants of the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company blast furnaces. The area in front was the casting floor. The molten iron was run into sand channels formed in the floor which served as . . . — — Map (db m10592) HM
On Rockwell Avenue 0.1 miles north of Market Street, on the left when traveling north.
The Brigadier General Theodore J. Wint Bridge, Rockwell Avenue,
North Scranton was dedicated on Friday, May 12, 2017.
Born in 1845, a native of Scranton, Wint joined the Army at age 16
during the Civil War and spent the rest of his life as . . . — — Map (db m185698) HM WM
The Brooks Mine was first conceived by Reese Brooks in 1900 as a show piece for anthracite mining during the development of Nay Aug Park. Brooks opened this drift mine publicly in 1902 as an exhibition while he was the operator of the Greenwood . . . — — Map (db m285019) HM
Near Mulberry Street. Reported permanently removed.
Brooks mine was never a commercial operation, but large deposits of coal do exist inside. The 150 foot long mine was built as a model in 1902 by Reese Brooks when coal was king in the heating world. It is an example of how Scranton became the . . . — — Map (db m112816) HM
On Mechanic Street, on the left when traveling east.
This oil-burning steam engine was designed to be operated by a single engineer-fireman and was among the smallest standard-gauge locomotives ever built. Locomotive #2 operated up and down the railroad sidings and loading tracks outside the Bullard . . . — — Map (db m19907) HM
On Mechanic Street, on the left when traveling east.
In 1914, the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada purchased six 4-6-4T locomotives from the Montreal Locomotive Works, a division of the American Locomotive Company. This Baltic tank locomotive carried coal and water in a coal bin and water tank built into . . . — — Map (db m19903) HM
On Bald Mountain Road, on the right when traveling east.
Dedicated October 28, 2000
Cancer Survivors Park is a tangible tribute to
everyone who has been touched by cancer.
The hand-painted tiles were created by cancer
survivors from Northeastern Pennsylvania and
the engraved brick pavers were . . . — — Map (db m146826) HM
On Providence Road at Diamond Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Providence Road.
On the nearby flat was located an Indian village under the chief, Capoose. It was settled by Munsee following their removal from the upper Delaware valley after 1743. — — Map (db m46463) HM
Near Cedar Avenue at Mattes Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
The blast furnace was the heart of any iron-making establishment. Lined with heat-resistant brick, known as refractory, the stack was filled from the top with alternating layers of iron ore, anthracite and limestone. As the raw materials worked . . . — — Map (db m10574) HM
Dedicated to
Catherine Manley '86 Coffey
1964-2002
"To love another person is
to see the face of God."
Les Miserables
————————————
Catherine "Cate" Manley . . . — — Map (db m128163) HM
"[It was] the skill of the individual, enhanced but not replaced by an evolving support system of technology, that drove the coal mining industry and formed the anthracite region."
Mines
Men in the Lackawanna Valley worked . . . — — Map (db m146577) HM
Near Cedar Avenue at Mattes Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Scranton grew from a village into a city through the success of the ironworks, coal mines, and railroads. The Scrantons built a company store and hotel to attract potential workers and customers to the city. More businesses followed. The city's . . . — — Map (db m10552) HM
Near Mechanic Street, on the right when traveling east.
Coupled in front of the locomotive, this type of wedge-shaped plow simply pushed snow to the side. Because of their reliance on a locomotive's momentum, plows were often operated at high speeds - a practice fraught with danger. Nonetheless, snow . . . — — Map (db m19908) HM
Near Mechanic Street, on the right when traveling east.
This steam-powered wrecking crane was part of a small fleet of cars designed solely to maintain the railway - to remove wrecks and to lay, replace, and resurface the track. The Central Railroad of New Jersey #5 steam derrick was built in 1918 and . . . — — Map (db m19840) HM
On Lackawanna Avenue at South Washington Avenue on Lackawanna Avenue.
A riot occurred here on August 1, 1877, in which armed citizens fired upon strikers, killing four. Many were injured, including Scrantons mayor. As in numerous US cities, this labor unrest was a result of the US depression of 1873 and a nationwide . . . — — Map (db m67774) HM
This impressive steam locomotive was used at the Powderly Colliery during the golden era of the anthracite coal industry. Weighing 24 tons, the locomotive was manufactured in 1919 by Vulcan Iron Works in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania for the Hudson . . . — — Map (db m105650) HM
On Harrison Avenue north of Moosic Street ( Route 307), on the right when traveling north.
Erected by
Rabiega-Gorgol Post No. 3451
Veterans of Foreign Wars
and
Anthracite Post No. 4
National Association of Regulars
Scranton, Penn'a.
as a memorial to those
who have entered into
a more . . . — — Map (db m126375) WM
On Morgan Road east of Gillet Lane, on the right when traveling east.
In Loving Memory
Congregation of the Sisters, Servants
of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Scranton, Pa.
———————————
"Tell all my beloved sisters,
those who know me
and . . . — — Map (db m149522) HM
On Jefferson Avenue at Spruce Street (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling south on Jefferson Avenue.
1851 - 1951 Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company Here in Scranton, Pennsylvania was conceived and brought to successful completion the first segment of what is now the Delaware, Lackawanna, . . . — — Map (db m10606) HM
On Cedar Avenue at Mattes Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Cedar Avenue.
In 1907 William Truesdale, president of the DL&W, hired architect Frank J. Niles of New Jersey to replace the original locomotive shops. Niles designed four new structures: A five story pattern shop, a foundry, a blacksmith shop, and a locomotive . . . — — Map (db m10593) HM
Near Mechanic Street, on the right when traveling east.
Hopper cars like these carried the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad's heaviest and most profitable freight - anthracite coal. With increases in coal production came the need to increase hauling capacity. In the decades before 1900, the DL&W . . . — — Map (db m19910) HM
The dynamite and caps for the mine were stored above ground in separate containers made of steel and lined with wood to prevent sparks. Both storage units were ventilated and grounded to protect against lightning strikes. These containers had to . . . — — Map (db m146581) HM
On Broadway Street at 3rd Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Broadway Street.
Lackawanna College
This institution has provided Pennsylvania's students with business, associate, and vocational degrees for more than a century. Today, the college is located at the renovated historic building that was originally . . . — — Map (db m116742) HM
On Brook Street south of Log Street, on the left when traveling south.
[Line map of the Laurel Line interurban route]
Dedicated to the memory of Edward
S. Miller, author, photographer and
film historian, who held a special
fondness for the "Laurel Line".
Ed documented the Lackawanna
& Wyoming Valley . . . — — Map (db m285931) HM
Decorations
France
Legion of Honor
Croix de Guerre
Medaille des Epidemies
Serbia
Commander of the White Eagle
Commander Order of St. Sava
Charity Cross - Red Cross
Montenegro
Commander of St. Danilo
Greece
Officer . . . — — Map (db m153574) HM
Near Mechanic Street, on the right when traveling east.
The American Locomotive Company built this 0-6-0T saddle tank industrial switch locomotive in 1927. E.J. Lavino and Company put the #3 to work at its Sheridan, Pennsylvania, yards. E.J. Lavino and Company operated a ferro-manganese blast furnace in . . . — — Map (db m19817) HM
On Olive Street 0.1 miles east of Providence Road, on the right when traveling east.
From Scranton's earliest days, people were drawn to the valley's waters and the riches of the landscape.
First, a gristmill on Roaring Brook in the late 1700s and later iron ore fueled the city's settlement. When the Scranton brothers . . . — — Map (db m133095) HM
On Albright Avenue 0.1 miles south of Green Ridge Street, on the right when traveling south.
From Scranton's earliest days, people were drawn to
the valley's waters and the riches of the landscape.
First, a gristmill on Roaring Brook in the late 1700s and later iron ore fueled the city's settlement. When the Scranton . . . — — Map (db m185701) HM
On Mulberry Street east of Arthur Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
Founded in 1908, The Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science and Art was erected to house the collections of Dr. Isaiah Fawkes Everhart, an amateur ornithologist, skilled taxidermist and avid naturalist who assembled one of the finest . . . — — Map (db m116744) HM
On Franklin Avenue at Lackawanna Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Franklin Avenue.
On Tuesday afternoon, November 30, 1886, a new technology had its beginning on Franklin Avenue, just a short distance off Lackawanna Avenue. The sidewalks were lined with on-lookers waiting to see if the start-up of the first electric streetcar . . . — — Map (db m197486) HM
On Adams Avenue at Spruce Street, on the left when traveling north on Adams Avenue.
The first street car system in the U.S. built entirely for operation by electric power was at Scranton. It began operation on Nov. 30, 1886. The initial run was between central Scranton and Green Ridge section. — — Map (db m67819) HM
On Spruce Street at Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Spruce Street.
This plaque commemorates the opening of the first Rite Aid Corporation drugstore on September 12, 1962 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Alexander Grass, founder of the Company which now has grown to over 1,300 drugstores, is a native of Scranton. . . . — — Map (db m101507) HM
On Locust Street east of Pittston Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
Jσzef Nycz, Jan Pikulski, Leon Kawczyński, Mieczysław Sznyter, Marcin Rabiega, Maryan Ptaszyński, Michał Żurowski, Franciszek Jarocha, Jσzef Kowalewski, Edward Paszkowski, Antoni Chojnowski, Jan Mondrach, Jσzef Trudnowski, . . . — — Map (db m155881) HM
This mine car was restored for the Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour by students at Johnson Technical Institute in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The restoration was done under the direction of Ronald Surace, Paul Smith and Andrew Zwanch.
The mine car was built . . . — — Map (db m146583) HM
On Mulberry Street east of Arthur Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
With the vision of universal freedom
for all mankind
this tree is dedicated to
Capt. Wesley Ratzel
and all
Prisoners of War
and
Missing in Action
1973 — — Map (db m116770) WM
On 10th Avenue at Washburn Street, on the left when traveling south on 10th Avenue.
Dedicated to Scranton's Frontline Responders
who served with valor during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
In Recognition of your courage, your
compassion, and your tireless efforts
to save lives. We salute your heroism
and honor your . . . — — Map (db m259712)
On Scranton Expressway (U.S. 11), on the left when traveling south.
First traffic circle in Pennsylvania.
Built to facilitate traffic, reduce
fatalities and accidents on
the highway
— — —
Superhighway between
Scranton and Carbondale
and Circle constructed under
supervision of . . . — — Map (db m160969) HM
On Adams Avenue at Linden Street, on the left when traveling north on Adams Avenue.
American Revolutionary war hero, who distinguished himself on General George Washington's staff in the Battle of Brandywine, commissioned Brigadier General. Fought at Germantown and other battles in the winter of 1777-78 for American freedom.
By . . . — — Map (db m101500) HM WM
On Spruce Street at Lee Court, on the right when traveling west on Spruce Street.
American Revolutionary War Hero. Lover of Freedom. Son of Poland. The first foreign officer to come to the aid of the American cause. Recruited by the Continental Congress for his military brilliance and engineering skill to fight for American . . . — — Map (db m223366) HM
On Monroe Avenue north of Ridge Row, on the right when traveling north.
The Lackawanna Historical Society was founded in 1886, eight years after Lackawanna County was incorporated. In early years the organization was known as the Lackawanna Institute of History and Science. Its collections were kept in the County . . . — — Map (db m99998) HM
On Linden Street at Penn Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Linden Street.
Dedicated to our comrades who fought, bled,
suffered and died on land and sea,
on battle fields and in prison pens,
for their country's honor.
1861 - 1865
Lieut. Ezra S. Griffin Post 139, Dept. of Penn., G.A.R.
Lieut. Ezra S. Griffin Camp . . . — — Map (db m116414) HM
On Mechanic Street, on the left when traveling east.
In 1925, the Grand Trunk Western Railway purchased five 4-8-2 Mountain locomotives, numbered 6037 through 6041, from the Baldwin Locomotive Works. These coal-burning locomotives had cylinder-shaped Vanderbilt tenders and enclosed all-weather cabs. . . . — — Map (db m19900) HM
On Harrison Avenue north of Moosic Street ( Route 307), on the right when traveling north.
Designed by prominent engineer A. Burton Cohen, the Harrison Avenue Bridge was constructed between July 1921 and September 1922 by the Anthracite Bridge Company of Scranton. Residents from South and East Scranton overcame economic and neighborhood . . . — — Map (db m126361) HM
In the late 1960's, a 'model coal mine' was envisioned as the cornerstone of a project designed to demonstrate that abandoned strip mine land could be reclaimed for public use.
County Commissioners Patrick Mellody, Ed Zipay and Chick Harte . . . — — Map (db m146828) HM
The Forty-Third
President of the United States,
Visited the University of Scranton
on 16 January 2003
to greet the people of
Northeastern Pennsylvania
and to address the nation. — — Map (db m128164) HM
On Jefferson Avenue (U.S. 11) at Mulberry Street, on the right when traveling north on Jefferson Avenue.
Through the generous remembrance of a member of the Board of Trustees and the Class of 1973, Gerard P. Joyce, his wife, Linda, and his family, this historic place, formerly the Immanuel Baptist Church, is gratefully dedicated to Professors Daniel . . . — — Map (db m101600) HM
On Mechanic Street, on the right when traveling east.
This 2-8-0 Consolidation was built in 1903 by the American Locomotive Company and sold to the Illinois Central Railroad in 1904. For many years, this engine saw hard service on the Illinois Central, hauling freight trains through Tennessee. In . . . — — Map (db m19897) HM
On Main Avenue north of Bedford Street, on the left when traveling north.
Isaac Tripp, born circa 1700 in Rhode Island, was one of the first settlers in what is today Scranton. A proprietor of the Susquehanna Company, he purchased land in Providence section of Capouse Meadows. The first Tripp homestead is believed to . . . — — Map (db m298103) HM WM
On Washington Avenue south of Linden Street, on the left when traveling south.
In memory and commemoration of the U.S. Army Air Force crewmembers
who were murdered in this courtyard on February 17 1945 after their capture.
Charles Bernard Goldstein
Technical Sergeant und Radio Operator
"May 8, 1915 . . . — — Map (db m218660) HM WM
Where was it Acquired?
From the Mammoth Vein, Hazelton [sic], Pa. This vein is more than 300 feet in areas. It was donated by Pagnotti Enterprises from the Ebervale Stripping Operation of the Jeddo-Highland Coal Company.
How Much . . . — — Map (db m146579) HM
Teach me to serve you as you deserve;
to give and not count the cost;
Lord, teach me to be generous,
to fight and not heed the wounds;
to toil and not to seek for rest;
to labor and not to ask for reward
save that of knowing that I do . . . — — Map (db m128191) HM
And there was one that wrestled with him until daybreak....
He said, "Let me go, for day is breaking."
But Jacob answered, "I will not let you go unless you bless me."
He then asked, "What is your name?" "Jacob"....
He said, "Your name . . . — — Map (db m128193) HM
On Northern Blvd. (U.S. 11) north of Shady Lane Road, on the right when traveling north.
This Flag Pole Is Dedicated
To the Memory of
James G. Reese Jr.
And his Contributions to
The People of
South Abington Township
Through His
Service on the Parks, Recreation and Shade Tree
Commission and as a Sailor
in the United . . . — — Map (db m188381) HM
On Market Street at Main Avenue, in the median on Market Street.
"Forever Our Hero" who represents
what the Price of Freedom costs.
He served in the U.S. Navy from 1979-1984
as a combat photographer.
On September 11, 2001 he lost his life at
the Pentagon as did so many others.
"Always remember in . . . — — Map (db m152230) HM WM
Resident of Green Ridge
and one of the famous
Four Horsemen
of Notre Dame
1924
"Outlined against a blue-grey October sky
The Four Horsemen rode again. In dramatic lore
they are known as Famine, Pestilence, Destruction
& Death. These . . . — — Map (db m160035) HM
In memory of John F. Kennedy,
35th President of the United States of America,
who was assassinated Friday, November 22, 1963.
He gave his life that boys might freely play
and men might freely live. His life was
dedicated to a strategy . . . — — Map (db m219140) HM
On Adams Avenue north of Spruce Street, on the left when traveling north.
So far as discontent is expressed in constructive movements
for human betterment it is healthy and to be encouraged
I wish to see the interests and ideals of Labor and Capital
fairly reconciled not by surrender but by mutual . . . — — Map (db m101502) HM
On Jefferson Avenue north of Olive Street, on the right when traveling north.
Suffrage advocate & speaker.
Led Lackawanna County Woman Suffrage
effort, 1913-1919.
Century Club hosted state suffragists
here in Nov. 1914. — — Map (db m283648) HM
