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Baptist Church of Scranton
Founded in 1859 as the First Baptist Church of Scranton, this congregation grew from 23 members to over 1,100 in its …
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Baptist Church of Scranton
Founded in 1859 as the First Baptist Church of Scranton, this congregation grew from 23 members to over 1,100 in its first quarter century. The church built two major buildings, installed the second-largest pipe organ in Pennsylvania, and merged with two other congregations in 1984 to form Trinity Baptist Church.
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Brooks Mine
Excavated in 1900 as an educational showpiece at Nay Aug Park, Brooks Mine is believed to be the first tourist mine in …
Event
First Blast Furnace Completed
In the autumn of 1841, a small group of New Jersey investors completed a blast furnace along Roaring Brook in a …
Person
Charles Sumner Woolworth
Charles Sumner Woolworth opened his first five-and-ten-cent store on Penn Avenue in 1880 and built Scranton into the …