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The NEPA 30, No. 4: How Scranton’s fledgling iron industry connected the early U.S.

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By Donnie Collins Verified
| Scranton Times-Tribune Verified
In 1846, George Scranton traveled to New York City, hoping to strike a deal with the New York and Erie Railroad. For both sides, it was a meeting born of utter desperation. Battling constant delays in its efforts to create an “iron highway” connecting the Hudson River just north of New York City to Lake Erie, the railroad was facing bankruptcy.
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The NEPA 30, No. 5: Scranton’s electric street car changed commuting forever Original

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By Donnie Collins Verified
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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... On Nov. 30, 1886, the British-American Henry M. Stanley visited Scranton to deliver a speech to a crowd of gatherers at the Academy of Music on Wyoming Avenue. Fifteen years earlier, he found the pioneering Christian missionary and martyr Dr. David Livingstone during an exploration in modern-day Tanzania. He greeted the legendary man with a phrase still famous today — “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” — that took on worldwide notoriety in the late 19th Century.
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The NEPA 30, No. 14: Why America went nuts for an advertising icon born in Wilkes-Barre Original

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By Donnie Collins Verified
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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... For nearly half a century, Bartholomew Richard Fitzgerald-Smythe was considered Wilkes-Barre’s favorite son — even though very few knew his name. He was more legume than human. His creator, a child named Antonio Gentile, originally sketched him in crayon, and won a cool $5 for having done so.
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