Many people making plans to vacation in Pennsylvania will get an eyeful of Wyoming County right from the start. That’s because the cover of this year’s Pennsylvania Vacation Guide features an ...

Once dubbed a “wonder of the world” by local residents, the historic Tunkhannock Viaduct is still looming 240 feet over Nicholson nearly a century after construction began in 1915. And it is going to ...

NICHOLSON — The 100th Anniversary Celebration of the Nicholson Bridge, set for Sept. 11-13 at various downtown venues, could attract as many as 20,000 visitors, according to Marion Sweet, Nicholson ...

NICHOLSON, Pa. -- A landmark in Wyoming County turned 103 this weekend. The Tunkhannock Viaduct in Nicholson, also known as the Nicholson Bridge, was dedicated in 1915. At the time, it was the largest ...

In 1912, the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad began construction of the Tunkhannock Viaduct and the population of Nicholson swelled from 700 to more than 2,000. When the bunkhouses built by ...

While on a lovely drive with my wife on the Fourth of July, we went toward Scranton following the Trail — or, more correctly, the Lackawanna Trail. The trail followed the route of the Delaware, ...

amusement ride, killed some workers and spawned urban legend. to the top of the bridge. But the bridge became a reality to the town’s 800 residents in 1912 when construction equipment began to arrive ...

One hundred years ago, the railroad was big business in Pennsylvania. Over 11,000 miles of tracks crisscrossed the state and many different railroad companies operated lines throughout Pa. One of ...

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