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2. Luzerne County Courthouse - Wikipedia

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   Placed within the cornerstone was a metal box which contained a Bible, a list of county officials and clerks, a 1905 edition of the Wilkes-Barre Record Almanac, the Smull Legislative Hand Book, copies of local newspapers (Bratstvo, Hazleton Plain Speaker, Hazleton Sentinel, Hazleton Standard, Pittson Gazette, Wilkes-Barre Leader, Wilkes-Barre ...

3. Luzerne County, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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   The Susquehanna River reached a record high of 42.6 feet (13.0 meters) in Wilkes-Barre. The river topped the 40.9-foot (12.5-meter) level in flooding caused by Hurricane Agnes in 1972. However, unlike 1972, the levee system in Wilkes-Barre and several other communities held. Those municipalities without a levee system witnessed severe flooding.

4. Wilkes-Barre Township, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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   In 1806, a large portion of the territory broke away from the township to form the borough of Wilkes-Barre. Today, the township of Wilkes-Barre occupies a 1-by-3-mile (1.6 by 4.8 km) strip of land adjacent to the southeast border of what is now the city of Wilkes-Barre. Coal mining was a prominent industry in and around Wilkes-Barre Township in ...

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6. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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   The Susquehanna River and Wilkes-Barre Downtown Wilkes-Barre at night The Stegmaier Federal Building Roth Residence Hall McClintock Hall, built in 1841 According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 7.2 square miles (19 km 2 ), of which 6.8 square miles (18 km 2 ) is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km 2 ), or 4.60%, is water.

7. Luzerne County Historical Society - Wikipedia

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   The Luzerne County Historical Society is one of the oldest continually operating local historical societies in America. It was founded on February 11, 1858, in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the first successful burning of anthracite coal by Jesse Fell, and was originally named the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society.