. Wilkes-Barré, the diamond city; a study of its remarkable progress as indicated by its growth during the last five years. lica-tion has to do. The unique name which the city bears it has worn since 1789,when Major John Durkee laid out the site for a party of Connecticutsettlers and coined the name Wilkes-Barre. During the early yearsof its history the name was spelled and usually misspelled in manyways and for a long time the common usage was Wilkesbarre, thisbeing officially sanctioned by the United States Geographical Board for the sake of brevity. Oflate years, however, there has arisen
. Wilkes-Barré, the diamond city; a study of its remarkable progress as indicated by its growth during the last five years. lica-tion has to do. The unique name which the city bears it has worn since 1789,when Major John Durkee laid out the site for a party of Connecticutsettlers and coined the name Wilkes-Barre. During the early yearsof its history the name was spelled and usually misspelled in manyways and for a long time the common usage was Wilkesbarre, thisbeing officially sanctioned by the United States Geographical Board for the sake of brevity. Oflate years, however, there has arisen the belief that Col. Barre, after whom the city was namedjointly with Col. Wilkes, was entitled to as much recognition as Col. Wilkes and so the movementto have the name officially recognized as Wilkes-Barre grew in strength and this form of spellingbecame the common usage among the residents themselves. Col. Roosevelt, then President of theUnited States, came to Wilkes-Barre in 1905 and upon being made acquainted with the effort tohave the name spelled in such manner as to do honor to both of the men after whom it was. Group of Residences Erected by Wilkes-Barre Lace Manufacturing Co. for EmployeesRiver Street ami Courtright Avenue No Building here Shown is More than Five Years Old named, set on foot an investigation which re-sulted in the United States Geographical Boardfinally recognizing and making official the spell-ing of the name as Wilkes-Barre.* * Wilkes-Barre; city, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.(Not Wilkes Barre nor Wilkesbarre)—Decisions of the
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