Pittston gazette centennial hand-book, 1778-1878 : one hundredth anniversary of the battle and massacre of Wyoming, July 3 & 4, 1878 : containing a complete historical sketch of Wyoming Valley .. . as we have seen, is awild, solitary, wilderness beauty. This reveals a picture of undulating hills, of cul-tured valleys, of upland levels—a rich farming region with its happy homesteads andwaving harvest fields. Halfway down No. 9 you catch a glimpse of the Catskills,eighty miles away. At Honesdale you may look up—or climb, if you choose—IrvingsClifil, so called on the 4th of July, 1844, when the r
Pittston gazette centennial hand-book, 1778-1878 : one hundredth anniversary of the battle and massacre of Wyoming, July 3 & 4, 1878 : containing a complete historical sketch of Wyoming Valley .. . as we have seen, is awild, solitary, wilderness beauty. This reveals a picture of undulating hills, of cul-tured valleys, of upland levels—a rich farming region with its happy homesteads andwaving harvest fields. Halfway down No. 9 you catch a glimpse of the Catskills,eighty miles away. At Honesdale you may look up—or climb, if you choose—IrvingsClifil, so called on the 4th of July, 1844, when the renowned Washington Irving visitedHonesdale, and ascended the cliff. On the return journey you sweep through somedeep cuts and around some dizzy ravines, of which the most famous is known as Shep-herds Crook. The distance from Carbondale to Honesdale is 16 miles, and you crosstwelve planes in going and returning. MANY OTHER PLACESmight be named, of the numerous points of interest in this vicinity, but a visit to allof these will employ much time, and the observing tourist will readily acknowledgethat the half has not been told of the unrivaled wonders and beauties of the 37/ITCHB,CK RAILROAD, MOOSIC HIGHLANDS, Scranton, eri>;sliifor Bucliehlers Poprinr Refoi-tx^ Cftttf/hw«) Knt-U TliciV Order of Exercises FOR IHE Centennial Anni\ersary ? Battle S Massacre of Wyomino- JULY 3d—AT WYOMING. [Salute of thirteen guns by Wyoming Artillerist?, at Forty Fort, at i) A. M. Exercises at Moii-umeut Grounds in Wyoming to begin at llie same hour.] 1. Music by Band—Selection from Maritana Wallace 2. Prayer Rev. D. J. Waller 3. Opening and Reception Address Hon. Hendrick B. Wright 4. Original Ode Mrs. H. S. Watres (Stella of Lackawanna) C/iorus of firr Imndrrd voices—Band accovip(t)iimcnt ( piercx).WYOMING. Ml sic r,Y C. B. Dekman. As clears the mist from the forehead of the sky ; see ! what sparkle, what light,Oer th
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