Tag: Luzerne County

With all the attention Centralia gets, it’s amazing most people are unaware of other mine fires and disasters.  I admit I had never heard of… read more Avondale Mine Disaster

I admittedly know little about this.  I stumbled upon it one day and snooped around, not really thinking anything about it.  Turns out this is… read more Abandonment in Hazleton

It seems for as long as anyone can remember, this giant cow has been standing along Route 309 in Wilkes-Barre Township.  It stands guard in… read more Route 309 Cow

I’m not really sure how many times I’ve driven by this without giving it too much thought.  Recently I heard this building was to be… read more Giant Coffee Mug of Wilkes-Barre

Angela Park, found just north of Hazleton, operated for over 30 years from the 50’s to the 80’s.  Once it shut down, much of it… read more Angela Park

The term “coal baron” exists for a reason.  In 1959, the owners of Knox Mine got greedy and had workers dig within 5-6 feet of… read more Knox Mine Disaster

Stockton Mine was like any other anthracite mine in northeastern PA until one early morning in 1869, when some of the ground above the mine… read more Stockton Mine Disaster

Found along Walnut Avenue in Conyngham is a small, seemingly overlooked Revolution-era monument. Near this site on September 11, 1780, Captain Daniel Klader and his… read more Sugarloaf Massacre Monument & Grave