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    HOURS

    Summer Hours (May-Sept.)

    Monday-Thursday: 9:00AM-5:00PM

     

    Winter Hours (Oct.-April)

    Monday, Tuesday and Thursday: 9:00AM-5:00PM

    Wednesday: 12:00PM-5:00PM

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    *Year Round* -- 2nd Saturday of each month

    10AM - 2PM

     **COVID-19 UPDATE**

    NEW HOURS

     

    Monday - Thursday

    9AM-4PM

     

     

    *Starting July 1st 2020 the Museum will be open by appointment during the above hours*

    OUR  HOURS

    Summer Hours (May-Sept.)

    Monday-Thursday: 9:00AM-5:00PM

     

    Winter Hours (Oct.-April)

    Monday, Tuesday and Thursday: 9:00AM-5:00PM

    Wednesday: 12:00PM-5:00PM

     

    *All Year: 2nd Saturday of each month

    10:00AM-2:00PM

     

    **COVID-19 UPDATE**

    NEW HOURS

     

    Monday - Thursday

    9AM - 4PM

     

    *Starting July 1st the Museum will be open by appointment during the above hours*

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    ADDRESS

    18 Monument Street

    Montrose, PA 18801

     

    E-mail: info@susqcohistsoc.org

     

    Tel: 570-278-1622

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    • Dec 19, 2019
    • 5 min

    December 19 1919

    Herrick Twp. – Gardner Lee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel G. Lee, near Tirzah, accidentally shot himself and passed away almost instantly...
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    webmaster045
    • Sep 5, 2019
    • 5 min

    September 05 1919

    Thompson – The 20-Mule Borax Team passed through here Saturday. A large procession of Thompson people followed them the length of Main St...
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    webmaster045
    • Aug 29, 2019
    • 5 min

    August 29 1919

    Forest City – Paul Franceski has been informed by the powers that it will be impossible for him to secure a passport to Austria until pea...
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    webmaster045
    • Nov 15, 2018
    • 5 min

    November 15 1918

    Celebrating the End of the War: From noon until late at night, the people of Montrose and surrounding country celebrated the signing of t...
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    webmaster045
    • Oct 4, 2018
    • 5 min

    October 04 1918

    With Our Boys in the Field: August Smith, Montrose, was lately promoted to corporal at the veterinary training school at Camp Lee, Virgin...
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    webmaster045
    • Jul 19, 2018
    • 5 min

    July 19 1918

    Silver Lake – Jerry Mahanna, of Mud Lake, is the first young man from this county to be reported wounded in the fighting on the French fr...
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    webmaster045
    • Mar 15, 2018
    • 5 min

    March 15 1918

    Rush – Edward Cavanaugh advertises ten cows, five horses and other stock and farming utensils and implements in today’s Republican. Mr. C...
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    webmaster045
    • Oct 19, 2017
    • 5 min

    October 19 1917

    Herrick Twp. – Joseph Tonkin, one of the most highly respected residents of Herrick township, met death by being struck by the engine of ...
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    webmaster045
    • Aug 24, 2017
    • 4 min

    August 24 1917

    Dimock – A good day, good roads and public interest brought a record breaking crowd to the old Camp ground last Sunday. Teams, trains and...
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    webmaster045
    • Jul 13, 2017
    • 5 min

    July 13  1917

    Heart Lake – Dance at Heart Lake tonight. Music by Olaver & Coan, the pianist and drummer who furnished the music for the dance July 4th....
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    webmaster045
    • May 18, 2017
    • 5 min

    May 18 1917

    Dimock/Elk Lake – Lorinda Lathrop was born near Elk Lake in the year 1827, and has lived in Dimock township all her life. At the age of 2...
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    • Mar 30, 2017
    • 5 min

    March 30 1917

    Hallstead – The Deemer Bros. glass cutting factory is now working full time since the installing of a new electric motor. ALSO One of the...
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    • May 5, 2016
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    May 05 1916

    Hallstead – In an effort to prevent the Lackawanna railroad from going through his land, Wm. Florance, a prosperous farmer here has put u...
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    • Sep 17, 2015
    • 4 min

    September 17 1915

    Forest City – South Main street is enjoying a veritable building boom at present. Imbued with the spirit of progress, McCormick Brothers w...
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    webmaster045
    • Jun 25, 2015
    • 5 min

    June 25 1915

    Herrick Twp. – James W. Lyon, of Guelph, Canada is endowing the Lyon Street cemetery with $1000 to be used in keeping this burial ground ...
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    webmaster045
    • Mar 26, 2015
    • 4 min

    March 26 1915

    Bones of War Veteran Found at Gettysburg are Identified. (Tunkhannock Republican) Mrs. D.A. Cruver, of Prospect Hill, received tidings a ...
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    • Jan 29, 2015
    • 4 min

    January 29 1915

    Springville – Through the efforts of W.E. Stevens, a wood bee was held for the M. E. church on Tuesday and a large pile of wood was the r...
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    webmaster045
    • Dec 25, 2014
    • 5 min

    December 25 1914

    Forest City – The First National and the Farmers and Miners National banks will hereafter be open on pay nights of the Hillside Coal and ...
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    webmaster045
    • Aug 29, 2013
    • 4 min

    August 29 1913

    Uniondale - Rumors have been in circulation that the Tri-County Fair would not hold an exhibition this year. This may have had origin fro...
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    webmaster045
    • Aug 8, 2013
    • 4 min

    August 08 1913

    Howard Hill, Liberty Twp. - The ordinance of baptism was administered Wednesday, July 30th, at the creek on Rockwell's flat, by Rev. H.M....
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