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Wilkis
Barre, Pennsylvania
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 Wilkes-Barre,
Pennsylvania's population has exceeded 53,000 since 1990. Home to more
than 21,473 families, it should be no surprise that this lively city in
the northeastern part of Pennsylvania (south of Scranton) is very family
oriented.
At first glance, you would
not expect to find the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society Museum in
PA. But the museum has been Wilkes-Barre's pride and joy since it opened,
and Wilkes-Barre is in the heart of Luzerne County, PA. Still in the
original building (1893), the museum's permanent exhibit includes local
Native American artifacts, such as stone implements of the Archaic period,
as well as rocks, minerals, fossils and local coal-mining industry
information. The name stems from a series of brutal raids conducted up and
down the Wyoming Valley by the Indians and Tories during the Revolutionary
War. Wilkes-Barre was the breadbasket of the area, and strategically
important. The raids culminated in this area in what came to be called
"the Wyoming Massacre." The River Common area, where many
Revolutionary War battles were fought, is now a 35 acre park. Luzerne
County Courthouse (c 1770) is located on park grounds.
 John
Wilkes and Isaac Barre, who were Colonial sympathizers and members of the
British Parliament, are remembered with the name of the town,
Wilkes-Barre, and with a monument to them in the town square.
Wilkes-Barre has a
diversified economy now, cultural, recreational, tourist, manufacturing
and service industries, but it's economic start was with rural farm areas
and as a hub for anthracite coal mining. Appropriately for the city of
coal, Wilkes-Barre saw the first known successful burning of anthracite
coal in an open grate in 1808. Excellent education opportunities abound
with Kings College,
and College
Misericordia.
 Adjacent
to the lovely Poconos Mountains, Wilkes-Barre boasts many attractions such
as the Wyoming Valley Raceway, The Luzerne County Historical Society
research library, museum, and historical homestead setting, the Wyoming
Valley Sports Dome, Wilkes
University, F.M.
Kirby Center, Knoebels
Amusement Park, The
Lion Brewery (since 1901), Northeast
Pennsylvania Philharmonic, The Houdini Museum, The Lackawana Coal Mine
Tour, Pocono
International Raceway, and 5 Golf Courses.
Wilkes-Barre's new 10,000
seat arena, The
Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza, is the home of the American Hockey
League's Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.
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