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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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    • Sep 12, 2019
    • 5 min

    September 12 1919

    News Briefs: Ever since the mail routes from Germany have been opened, Gov. Sproul has been receiving letters from Germans stating they a...
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    webmaster045
    • Mar 21, 2019
    • 5 min

    March 21 1919

    Clifford Twp. – Now would be a good time for some of our State Highway officials to inspect the State road from Carbondale to this place....
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    webmaster045
    • Feb 14, 2019
    • 5 min

    February 14 1919

    Montrose – Edwin, son of Mrs. Thomas L. Dolan, is in a hospital in France, having been gassed. Information is meagre. Another son, Paul, ...
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    webmaster045
    • Nov 8, 2018
    • 5 min

    November 08 1918

    PEACE DECLARED: A Washington dispatch yesterday (November 7) afternoon states that Germany has accepted the terms of the Allies and has s...
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    webmaster045
    • Jun 14, 2018
    • 5 min

    June 14 1918

    Forest City – The high school graduated a class of twenty Friday night. Those graduating were: Anthony Planishek, Mary Yanchitis, John Ca...
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    webmaster045
    • Mar 8, 2018
    • 5 min

    March 08 1918

    Silver Lake – Miss Jane Simpson, formerly of this place, died in Montrose on March 3. She was born in Moffatt, Scotland and came to this ...
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    webmaster045
    • Feb 22, 2018
    • 5 min

    February 22 1918

    Herrick Center – John Opeka was drowned in Lowe Lake, Feb. 14. Mr. Opeka bought the Davis farm, which borders the lake, about 3 years ago...
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    webmaster045
    • Oct 12, 2017
    • 5 min

    October 11 1917

    Montrose – Montrose has three brothers, all living, and all having spent practically their whole lives here, who served in the Civil War,...
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    • Aug 17, 2017
    • 5 min

    August 17 1917

    Montrose – Does Montrose want a factory that will provide a pay-roll of from $25,000 to $30,000 yearly? Such a proposition is now advance...
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    webmaster045
    • Aug 3, 2017
    • 5 min

    August 03 1917

    East Rush – When T.S. James and son went to work in their hay field on Wednesday morning, they were treated to the sight of a fine doe de...
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    • Jun 29, 2017
    • 5 min

    June 29 1917

    East Rush – The ladies Aid of the East Rush Church will serve dinner in the basement on the 4th of July. Dinner, 35 cents. Children under...
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    • Jun 22, 2017
    • 6 min

    June 22 1917

    Herrick Center –Mr. Crippen, D & H claims News Brief: The fashion editor of the Woman’s Home Companion says: “Something is going into the...
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    • May 25, 2017
    • 5 min

    May 25 1917

    Hopbottom – After the regular afternoon drill of the Home Guards last week, they formed in double column and marched to Mr. Chesley’s new...
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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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    • Mar 2, 2017
    • 5 min

    March 02 1917

    Herrick Center – Jerry Kishpaugh is a veteran of the Civil War, having seen three years’ service at the front as a member of the first Pe...
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    • Feb 23, 2017
    • 5 min

    February 23 1917

    Forest City – On Feb. 10th fire destroyed a two-story frame dwelling and the Lithuanian church and badly damaged three other dwellings. T...
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    • Jan 26, 2017
    • 4 min

    January 26 1917

    Thompson – On Wednesday of last week, Mrs. George Stoddard, who lives alone on the corner of Main Street, was terribly burned and died as...
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    • Sep 8, 2016
    • 6 min

    September 08 1916

    New Milford – John Nelson is seriously ill at the Carpenter Hotel. Mr. Nelson has been a resident of this place for 22 years. His sister ...
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    webmaster045
    • Sep 1, 2016
    • 4 min

    September 01 1916

    Springville – I have four children—two boys aged 11 and 7 years, and two girls, aged 14 and 6 years—for whom I desire homes. Owing to the...
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    • Aug 4, 2016
    • 5 min

    August 04 1916

    Auburn/Montrose – James P. Gay, aged 79, a native of Auburn Twp., now living in Montrose, died July 31, 1916. The deceased was one of sev...
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