This outlet also digs into the region’s less obvious history — stories that don’t always make it into the standard local retelling. Founding Father James Wilson signed the Declaration of Independence and went broke on a stretch of Wayne County creek most people have never heard connected to him.
A Honesdale native wrote “Winter Wonderland” while dying at a Scranton sanatorium — one of the most recorded holiday songs in American history traces back to Wayne County. This outlet has also documented episodes of frontier terror that shaped Stroudsburg’s earliest days.
If there’s a piece of this region’s history worth telling, we’ll dig it up — check back here to stay current.
How the Poconos built a free press by hand, made it something worth believing in, and watched Wall Street bleed it dry. The All-Nighter Picture Honesdale on the night of February 6, 1878. The county commissioners want a new courthouse, and they want to raise taxes to pay for it. A group of Wayne County...
A forgotten Founding Father signed the Declaration of Independence — then lost everything on a Wayne County, Pennsylvania creek. The story of James Wilson, the sunken town that bears his name, and Lake Wallenpaupack.
Richard "Dick" Smith, born in Honesdale in 1901, wrote "Winter Wonderland" in 1934 while battling tuberculosis at West Mountain Sanatorium in Scranton. The Wayne County native drew on childhood memories of Central Park to create one of America's most beloved Christmas songs. He died at 33.
In December 1755, terror gripped the Stroudsburg frontier as Native American raids drove settlers from their homes. Benjamin Franklin's response would shape the region's future.