WILKES-BARRE
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unimoggers
N 41° 15.163 W 075° 53.321
18T E 425546 N 4567192
Great website at the link below. Located at Kirby Park.
Waymark Code: WMX5Q
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/01/2006
Views: 43
Marker Text:
Laid out 1770 by a group of Connecticut settlers, on land claimed by that state. Seat of "County of Westmoreland," erected 1776. Near here took place the Wyoming Massacre, 1778, and the "Pennamite Wars" of 1769-72 and 1784.
Marker Name: Wilkes-Barre
County: Luzerne
Date Dedicated: 05/05/1949
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Kirby Park, Wilkes-Barre
Category: Cities & Towns
Website: [Web Link]
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