The Times-Tribune from Scranton, Pennsylvania • X25

CYAN MAGENTA BLACK SCTIMESTRIBSPECIALSECTIONPAGES X25 I 072210 20:00 I SUPERIMPSC CYAN MAGENTA BLACK HISTORY, INK. THE SUNDAY TIMES X25 JULY 25, 2010 the years From its infancy to today, the Lackawanna Valley has seen historic change. iYii The city of Scranton is incorporated, combining the boroughs of Hyde Park, Providence and Scranton. William and Maurice Wurts of Philadelphia begin to mine anthracite coal in Carbondale. By 1829, the town becomes the headquarters of America's first million-dollar corporation, the Delaware Hudson Canal Co.

Coal mining spread throughout the region. 870 840 William Henry, George Scranton and Selden Scranton establish their iron furnaces along Roaring Brook in Slocum Hollow. German immigrant Conrad Schroeder starts his own contracting firm. It would build notable landmarks such as the Hotel Jer-myn, the Connell Building, the Albright Memorial Library and the Lackawanna County Jail, as well as the Robinson Brewery and many estate homes and other structures. At its peak, the firm employed more than 400 workers.

Washington Hall, Scranton's first vaudeville theater, opens. S43 -hi --its'" Joseph Hand Scranton, a resident of Georgia and cousin of brothers George and Selden, invests in the Lackawanna Iron Coal Co. The Home for Friendless Women and Children is organized to help women and children in need. It exists today as Friendship House. 1847 Workers take a break at the Scranton Iron Furnaces.

William Henry, George Scranton and Selden Scranton established the furnaces in 1840. $72 Lackawanna Iron Coal Co. begins manufacturing iron rails for the New York and Erie Railroad, a move that firmly establishes their business and opens the doors for industrial development in the region. George Scranton leaves the to establish the Lackawanna Railroad (later the Delaware, Lackawanna Western). SS4 as its main thoroughfare.

Scottish immigrant James Arch-bald takes over as chief engineer for the Lackawanna Railroad (later the Delaware, Lackawanna Western), and the railroad extends its line to New York City. Scranton State Hospital opens. Joseph Hand Scranton moves into his new home. It remains in the Scranton family until 1941, when the family donates it to the University of Scranton. Today it is known simply as "The Estate." Scranton, Thomas, John and George Dickson leave Carbon-dale, where they had worked for the Delaware Hudson Canal move to Scranton and found the Dickson Manufacturing Works.

It would grow to produce everything from miner's picks to locomotives. German immigrant Philip Robinson opens a brewery on Cedar Avenue. The Robinson family brewing enterprises would be among the region's largest. Joseph H. Scranton starts the Scranton Gas Water Co.

(ft? 86c? $57 George Scranton's new railroad makes its first official run, from Scranton to Great Bend, N.Y The would earn a reputation as the most efficiently run railroad in the country. Labor strikes turn violent and four men lose their lives. In August Continued on Page X26 Architect and civil engineer Joel Amsden lays out the city of Scranton, with Lackawanna Avenue The YMCA is organized in a little room above the Neptune Fire Company. At the urging of George Lt HATING COMMUNITY mm 11 jH mm iniiiK jiTy: riT ilf' jams.