History and directory of Newton and Ransom townships, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; . ock was a post-rider between Wilkes-Barre and Berwick. In 1803 Charles Moweryand a man named Peck carried the mails onfoot between Wikes-Barre and Tioga, N. Y.,making the trip oiice in two weeks. In 1810there were only two post offices in the valley,Wilkes-Barre and King-ston. In 1811 four Susquehanna River AkkA hundred years ago the only method theyhad of transporting in the Wyoming Valley wasby the old-fashioned Susquehanna River Ark,which was floated down the river loaded withall sorts of things. They u
History and directory of Newton and Ransom townships, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; . ock was a post-rider between Wilkes-Barre and Berwick. In 1803 Charles Moweryand a man named Peck carried the mails onfoot between Wikes-Barre and Tioga, N. Y.,making the trip oiice in two weeks. In 1810there were only two post offices in the valley,Wilkes-Barre and King-ston. In 1811 four Susquehanna River AkkA hundred years ago the only method theyhad of transporting in the Wyoming Valley wasby the old-fashioned Susquehanna River Ark,which was floated down the river loaded withall sorts of things. They used arks for trans-porting common produce of all kinds—hay,grain, apples, potatoes, coal, etc. These arkswere about eighty or ninety feet long, thirty orforty feet wide, and four feet deep. They weremade of rough timber at the place where theshipment started, and after they had reachedtheir destination and were unloaded, the lumberwas sold for whatever price they could get for this way, for over t-Aventy years, the coal tradeof the valley continued until the canals A SUSQUEHANNA RIVER ARK, 1S08 (Courtesy of AVyoming Historical Society) were established, viz.: at Pittston, Nescopeck,Abington and Providence. The Providenceoffice was located in Slocum PIoUow, and appointed postmaster. In 1824 anotherwas established in Blakely, and the same yearthe office at Slocum Hollow was moved to Pro-vidence, and John Vaughn apiaointed postmas-ter, and William ]\Ierrifield commissioned post-master of a new offlce at Hyde Park. The mailwas carried once a week on horseback by Ze-phaniah Knapp, from Easton to Bethany, and Providence. Later four andsix-horse stage routes were established, and withthe first railroad came added mail facilities,which have increased from year to year. As can be seen from the illustration, theywere floated down the river by two men, whooccupied the small hut erected u]3on the top ofthe ark. North Branch Canal The North B
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