Historical Society meeting
Sunday June 10 for our annual meeting at 6:00 PM
Elegante Restaurant
Cost $15.20 for dinner (contact jdoyle@nep.net)
Dinner: Salad, Ziti, Chicken Parm, Garlic Knots, Dessert, beverages, tax and tip included in the price. Our speaker is Mr. Tom Klopfer. Pay the night of the dinner.Juliann Doyle needs a count by June 8th. Please R.S.V.P. to her as soon as you can.
Hope to see you there!
Future meeting schedule
Sunday June 10 for our annual meeting at 6:00 PM
Elegante Restaurant
Cost $15.20 for dinner (contact jdoyle@nep.net)
Dinner: Salad, Ziti, Chicken Parm, Garlic Knots, Dessert, beverages, tax and tip included in the price. Our speaker is Mr. Tom Klopfer. Pay the night of the dinner.Juliann Doyle needs a count by June 8th. Please R.S.V.P. to her as soon as you can.
Hope to see you there!
Future meeting schedule
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND IN FOREST CITY
SAT. MAY 26 Town Wide Yard Sale 8am until ?
Kielbasi & Holupki Dinner at Sacred Heart Church Hall - Noon to 2:30PM
Antiques Appraisal 2PM to 4PM at American Legion Hall - bring up to 3 items for appraisal. Cost $5 each item. Sponsored by the Forest City Area Historical Society.
Sun May 27
SAT. MAY 26 Town Wide Yard Sale 8am until ?
- 354 Hudson Street, Forest City – Chain saws, electric range, turkey fryer, everything must go sale, some antiques and collectables
- 522 Hudson Street, Forest City – bikes, odds and ends
- 633 Lackawanna Street, Forest City – furniture, books, household clothes, lots of misc
- 400 Block Higgins Street, Forest City – 3 tv’s, wood, furniture, toys, kid stuff, lemonade stand and more !
- 1316 Belmont Turnpike, Waymart (top of hill @ Curtis Valley) – general household items, odds and ends
- 429 Main Street, Forest City – furniture, dishes, clothing, knick knacks and much, much more
- 609 Hudson Street, Forest City – stuff that was used and is taking up too much room!
- 205-5th Street, Vandling – household items
- 200 Hudson Street, Forest City – household items, vintage jewelry, old tools, linens, clothes, something for everyone
- 196 Elkview Drive, Forest City – cannondale bikes (road and mountain), baseball cards 1986-1995, men’s sports shirts size XL
- Christ Episcopal Church – 700 Delaware Street, Forest City – many unique and household items
- Curtis Valley Corners, 546 White Rock Road, Waymart
- Greg Salko – Whites Crossing
Kielbasi & Holupki Dinner at Sacred Heart Church Hall - Noon to 2:30PM
Antiques Appraisal 2PM to 4PM at American Legion Hall - bring up to 3 items for appraisal. Cost $5 each item. Sponsored by the Forest City Area Historical Society.
Sun May 27
- Breakfast Buffet at EMS Building 8:30AM to Noon
- Lefty Rizner Fishing Derby at Kennedy Park 1PM to 4PM
- Memorial Day Parade at 10:30 followed by the American Legion Program at the William Penn Park at 11:00
- Dedication of the Flagpole to memorialize Jim McCusker, Sr. and the deceased Firemen and Ambulance Members at the EMS Building 380 Railroad St., at Noon.
Welcome to the most wonderful place in Pennsylvania
“Cut in the dark woods where never a shimmer of golden sun shines through the trees and the surface was covered with vegetation in wild luxuriance. There were monster hemlock trees, some of them of beautiful symmetry lifting their magnificent proportions to an altitude of nearly one hundred feet. Others were bent toward each other having their long limbs locked across the narrow road as if embracing each other and whispering secrets.”
This was William Pentecost’s 1864 romantic description of the area where three counties meet in the mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
The Forest City area consists of Forest City, Vandling, Browndale and Richmondale. These four communities straddle three counties, Susquehanna, Lackawanna and Wayne in northeast PA.
This was William Pentecost’s 1864 romantic description of the area where three counties meet in the mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
The Forest City area consists of Forest City, Vandling, Browndale and Richmondale. These four communities straddle three counties, Susquehanna, Lackawanna and Wayne in northeast PA.
Coal Miners Memorial
Lumber was the first industry in the area.
The area was first settled in 1864 when William Pentecost opened a lumber mill down by the Lackawanna River. The new town of Forest Mills had 50 people in 1865. Between 1866 and 1871 the D&H Canal Company built a railroad spur in Forest Mills.
Though coal had been discovered by Pentecost in 1864, it was not until coal was found by the D&H in 1871 that coal mining became the new industry for the area.
Though coal had been discovered by Pentecost in 1864, it was not until coal was found by the D&H in 1871 that coal mining became the new industry for the area.
Forest City and Browndale as it was in 1937
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