Coal Miners' and Laborers' Strike. A riot occurred here on August 1, 1877, in which armed citizens fired upon strikers, killing four. Many were injured, including Scranton's mayor. As in numerous US cities, this labor unrest was a result of the US depression of 1873 and a nationwide railroad strike in 1877.

SW corner of Lackawanna & Washington Aves., Scranton, PA, United States

First Electric Cars. The first street car system in the U.S. built entirely for operation by electric power was at Scranton. It began operation on Nov. 30, 1886. The initial run was between central Scranton and Green Ridge section.

235 Adams Ave. at Spruce St. (Courthouse Square), Scranton, PA, United States

1902 Anthracite Coal Strike. In May 1902, 150,000 mineworkers struck for six months for union recognition, higher wages, shorter hours, and other demands. The Anthracite Coal Strike Commission, set up by President Theodore Roosevelt, held hearings at the Lackawanna County Courthouse and granted some demands in March 1903. Among the longest in U.S. history, the strike introduced unbiased federal intervention in labor disputes.

Adams Ave. side of Courthouse Square (near John Mitchell monument), Scranton, PA, United States

Robert Patrick Casey (1932-2000). Pennsylvania public official and lifelong Scranton resident, Casey served as State Senator, 1962-66; First Vice President of Pa. Constitutional Convention, 1967-68; Auditor General, 1969-77; and Governor, 1987-95. As governor he pioneered the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), a national model, and landmark environmental reforms such as the PENNVEST clean water program. He achieved national stature for his ardent pro-life stance.

memorial park on Washington Ave. near Woodlawn St., Scranton, PA, United States

Tripp House, The. Isaac Tripp, Scranton''s first settler, built a house here in 1771. His son, Isaac II, began the present building--the oldest in Lackawanna County--about 1778. Both men represented this region in Connecticut''s Assembly. Isaac III enlarged the house in the Federal style, 1812. Col. Ira Tripp remodeled it along Victorian lines during the period 1870-91. The house remained in the family until 1900.

1011 N. Main Ave. near Scranton Expy., Scranton, PA, United States

Scranton. Ebenezer Slocum built his built his first house, and made the first iron here prior to 1800. Its founding, naming, and growth as a city were due to George W. Scranton and associates. Leader in iron and steel for 60 years after its founding, 1840.

US 6 / I-81 southbound, near exit 191B, next to guardrail, Scranton, PA, United States

Scranton. Ebenezer Slocum built his first house, and made the first iron here prior to 1800. Its founding, naming, and growth as a city were due to George W. Scranton and associates. Leader in iron and steel for 60 years after its founding, 1840.

US 6 / I-81 northbound, at mile marker 189.2, near exit 187, Scranton, PA, United States

Rev. Jacob M. Koehler (1860-1932). Founder in 1882 of the institute that became the Scranton State School for the Deaf. An ordained minister who was deaf, he was concerned for this state's uneducated deaf children and was a leading advocate of compulsory education of the deaf. President, National Association of the Deaf, 1896-1900. Twice president, Pennsylvania Society for the Advancement of the Deaf. U.S. representative to the World Congress of the Deaf (Paris), 1889.

1800 N. Washington Ave., betw. Electric & Columbia, at Scranton State Schl. for Deaf, Scranton, PA, United States

Lackawanna County. Formed August 13, 1878 from Luzerne County, it was Pennsylvania's 67th and last county created. The name is an Indian word meaning "stream that forks." Scranton, the county seat, was made a city, 1866. It became the anthracite coal mining capital of the world.

512 Spruce St., (betw. N Washington Ave. & Dix Ct.) Courthouse Sq., Scranton, PA, United States

"Pioneer," The. This gravity railroad car, used on the Pennsylvania Coal Company Railroad, was presented by the company to the City of Scranton, Sept. 3, 1909. The car was used on the line from Hawley to Pittston from 1850 to 1884.

Nay Aug Park at railroad car (on "road" across from Vine St., near Arthur Ave., behind Everhart Mus.), Scranton, PA, United States