Susquehanna County Historical Society

 

 

 

 

 

 

of the Susquehannna County Historical Society and Free Library Association

  • Home

  • About Us

  • Journals

  • Museum

  • Research

  • For Sale

  • FAQs

  • 100 Years Ago

  • County Info.

  • Architectural Treasure Hunt

  • Event page

  • More

    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

    ​

    *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*

    Looking for the Library click the Logo below!

    Staff Page

    ADDRESS

    18 Monument Street

    Montrose, PA 18801

     

    E-mail: info@susqcohistsoc.org

     

    Tel: 570-278-1622

    • Facebook App Icon

    You Can Also Check Us Out on Facebook!

    • All Posts
    Search
    webmaster045
    • Nov 7, 2019
    • 5 min

    November 07 1919

    Kingsley – W.H. Wilmarth was in Montrose to bring the election returns. Although 78 years of age, he is as straight as an arrow, and says...
    0 views0 comments
    webmaster045
    • Oct 24, 2019
    • 5 min

    October 24 1919

    Montrose – Negotiations are now under way between W.A. Welliver, who has successfully conducted the C-Nic Theatre, and the executors of t...
    0 views0 comments
    webmaster045
    • Oct 3, 2019
    • 5 min

    October 03 1919

    Montrose – Marshall H. VanScoten died at his home on Sept. 28. He was a native of Blairstown, NJ, where he was born 78 years ago on Sept....
    0 views0 comments
    webmaster045
    • 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...
    0 views0 comments
    webmaster045
    • Aug 22, 2019
    • 5 min

    August 22 1919

    Harmony Twp. – Mrs. Stephen Terry is under the care of Dr. Seth Miller, of Susquehanna, suffering from the sting of a rattlesnake. Mrs. T...
    0 views0 comments
    webmaster045
    • Jul 18, 2019
    • 5 min

    July 18 1919

    North Jackson – The home of Mr. and Mrs. B.D. Brown, well-known residents of North Jackson, was destroyed by fire on the morning of July ...
    0 views0 comments
    webmaster045
    • Jun 27, 2019
    • 5 min

    June 27 1919

    St. Joseph – Miss Kate Griffin, daughter of Patrick Griffin and Searle Clark, of Choconut, were married in the St. Joseph church Tuesday ...
    0 views0 comments
    webmaster045
    • Apr 18, 2019
    • 5 min

    April 18 1919

    Friendsville – Orange A. Baldwin died at his home near here on April 15, 1919, after a prolonged illness of heart trouble. Mr. Baldwin wa...
    0 views0 comments
    webmaster045
    • Mar 14, 2019
    • 5 min

    March 14 1919

    Springville – The residence of Arthur Comstock, about 1½ miles west of town, was destroyed by fire early on Monday morning, supposed by ...
    1 view0 comments
    webmaster045
    • Sep 6, 2018
    • 5 min

    September 06 1918

    Susquehanna County – The shortage of teachers in the county is causing patriotically inclined people, who have been engaged in other prof...
    4 views0 comments
    webmaster045
    • Jul 26, 2018
    • 5 min

    July 26 1918

    Uniondale – Fourteen of our prosperous society, known as “The Jolly Old Maids,” journeyed to Elkdale Friday evening to attend the Baptist...
    0 views0 comments
    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...
    2 views0 comments
    webmaster045
    • Jan 25, 2018
    • 5 min

    January 25 1918

    Dimock – There will be a Community Supper, Friday evening, Jan 25th, at Community Building, Dimock, for the benefit of the Dimock library...
    0 views0 comments
    webmaster045
    • Dec 7, 2017
    • 5 min

    December 14 1917

    Parkville, Dimock Twp. – We had a real old-fashioned blizzard, snowing and the wind blew very hard, Saturday. Fell Twp., Lackawanna Co.- ...
    4 views0 comments
    webmaster045
    • Jul 6, 2017
    • 5 min

    July 06 1917

    Heart Lake – While near the Heart Lake pavilion on the 4th, Fred Holbrook stepped in front of an automobile and was knocked down, the mac...
    1 view0 comments
    webmaster045
    • 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...
    0 views0 comments
    webmaster045
    • Jan 12, 2017
    • 5 min

    January 12 1917

    Brooklyn – Israel Reynolds, of West Brooklyn, died at his home on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 1917, where he had lived practically all his life of...
    0 views0 comments
    webmaster045
    • Dec 29, 2016
    • 5 min

    December 29 1916

    Birchardville – George Dayton, of this place, won second prize in the dairy butter contest conducted by State College, recently. Of the ...
    0 views0 comments
    webmaster045
    • Nov 17, 2016
    • 5 min

    November 17 1916

    Montrose – Miss Mabel Shaw witnessed the great motion picture drama, “The Birth of a Nation,” in Binghamton. In the evening she attended ...
    0 views0 comments
    webmaster045
    • Sep 22, 2016
    • 5 min

    September 22 1916

    Kingsley – The following was read at the marking of the grave of Rufus Kingsley by the D.A.R: “Rufus Kingsley was a drummer boy in the Ba...
    1 view0 comments
    {"items":["5fd0e271c28aef001744831c","5fd0e271c28aef0017448315","5fd0e271c28aef0017448314","5fd0e2715c06430017225d70","5fd0e2715c06430017225d6e","5fd0e2715c06430017225d6f","5fd0e26f4418800017d25c59","5fd0e26f1c676700172c7acb","5fd0e26f1c676700172c7ac8","5fd0e26fd4fd45001734c61a","5fd0e26ff5c92500176fd34e","5fd0e26ff5c92500176fd356","5fd0e26f710c02001789f58c","5fd0e26b4b3d86001770e3fe","5fd0e26b27285d00175211a0","5fd0e26b5c06430017225d41","5fd0e26b7f19730017c28193","5fd0e26b7f19730017c28195","5fd0e26b7f19730017c28192","5fd0e26b46e71e00173bfa78"],"styles":{"galleryType":"Columns","groupSize":1,"showArrows":true,"cubeImages":true,"cubeType":"fill","cubeRatio":1.3333333333333333,"isVertical":true,"gallerySize":30,"collageAmount":0,"collageDensity":0,"groupTypes":"1","oneRow":false,"imageMargin":32,"galleryMargin":0,"scatter":0,"rotatingScatter":"","chooseBestGroup":true,"smartCrop":false,"hasThumbnails":false,"enableScroll":true,"isGrid":true,"isSlider":false,"isColumns":false,"isSlideshow":false,"cropOnlyFill":false,"fixedColumns":1,"enableInfiniteScroll":true,"isRTL":false,"minItemSize":50,"rotatingGroupTypes":"","rotatingCropRatios":"","columnWidths":"","gallerySliderImageRatio":1.7777777777777777,"numberOfImagesPerRow":1,"numberOfImagesPerCol":1,"groupsPerStrip":0,"borderRadius":0,"boxShadow":0,"gridStyle":1,"mobilePanorama":false,"placeGroupsLtr":true,"viewMode":"preview","thumbnailSpacings":4,"galleryThumbnailsAlignment":"bottom","isMasonry":false,"isAutoSlideshow":false,"slideshowLoop":false,"autoSlideshowInterval":4,"bottomInfoHeight":0,"titlePlacement":"SHOW_ON_THE_RIGHT","galleryTextAlign":"center","scrollSnap":false,"itemClick":"nothing","fullscreen":true,"videoPlay":"hover","scrollAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","slideAnimation":"SCROLL","scrollDirection":0,"scrollDuration":400,"overlayAnimation":"FADE_IN","arrowsPosition":0,"arrowsSize":23,"watermarkOpacity":40,"watermarkSize":40,"useWatermark":true,"watermarkDock":{"top":"auto","left":"auto","right":0,"bottom":0,"transform":"translate3d(0,0,0)"},"loadMoreAmount":"all","defaultShowInfoExpand":1,"allowLinkExpand":true,"expandInfoPosition":0,"allowFullscreenExpand":true,"fullscreenLoop":false,"galleryAlignExpand":"left","addToCartBorderWidth":1,"addToCartButtonText":"","slideshowInfoSize":200,"playButtonForAutoSlideShow":false,"allowSlideshowCounter":false,"hoveringBehaviour":"NEVER_SHOW","thumbnailSize":120,"magicLayoutSeed":1,"imageHoverAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","imagePlacementAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","calculateTextBoxWidthMode":"PERCENT","textBoxHeight":0,"textBoxWidth":200,"textBoxWidthPercent":50,"textImageSpace":10,"textBoxBorderRadius":0,"textBoxBorderWidth":0,"loadMoreButtonText":"","loadMoreButtonBorderWidth":1,"loadMoreButtonBorderRadius":0,"imageInfoType":"ATTACHED_BACKGROUND","itemBorderWidth":1,"itemBorderRadius":0,"itemEnableShadow":false,"itemShadowBlur":20,"itemShadowDirection":135,"itemShadowSize":10,"imageLoadingMode":"BLUR","expandAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","imageQuality":90,"usmToggle":false,"usm_a":0,"usm_r":0,"usm_t":0,"videoSound":false,"videoSpeed":"1","videoLoop":true,"jsonStyleParams":"","gallerySizeType":"px","gallerySizePx":940,"allowTitle":true,"allowContextMenu":true,"textsHorizontalPadding":-30,"itemBorderColor":{"themeName":"color_12","value":"rgba(141,159,180,1)"},"showVideoPlayButton":true,"galleryLayout":2,"targetItemSize":940,"selectedLayout":"2|bottom|1|fill|true|0|true","layoutsVersion":2,"selectedLayoutV2":2,"isSlideshowFont":false,"externalInfoHeight":0,"externalInfoWidth":0.5},"container":{"width":940,"galleryWidth":972,"galleryHeight":0,"scrollBase":0,"height":null}}
    1
    2345
    • Montrose
    • Susquehanna
    • Forest City
    • Springville
    • Brooklyn
    • Harford
    • New Milford
    • Hallstead
    • Hopbottom
    • Uniondale
    • Great Bend
    • Clifford
    • Rush
    • Dimock
    • Auburn
    • Thompson
    • Jackson
    • Silver Lake
    • Forest Lake
    • Glenwood
    • Heart Lake
    • Elk Lake
    • South Gibson
    • Franklin Forks
    • Middletown
    • South Montrose
    • Herrick Centre
    • Fairdale
    • Friendsville
    • Gibson
    • Little Meadows
    • Birchardville
    • Lynn
    • Flynn
    • Ararat
    • Kingsley
    • 200 Years Ago
    • Lanesboro
    • Bridgewater
    • Lenox
    • Lawsville
    • Liberty
    • West Auburn
    • Alford
    • Lenoxville
    • Gelatt
    • Franklin twp.
    • Brookdale
    • East Rush
    • South Auburn
    • Choconut
    • Lawton
    • St. Joseph
    • Lathrop
    • Auburn Corners
    • Fair Hill
    • Jessup
    • Oakland
    • Dundaff
    • Thomson
    • Welsh Hill
    • Brandt
    • 1901
    • North Jackson
    • 1902
    • 1908
    • 1909
    • 1911
    • 1917
    • 1919
    • 1903
    • 1905
    • 1910
    • 1913
    • 1915