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JULY 2017 NEWSLETTER

WALLENPAUPACK HISTORICAL SOCIETY

“ K e e p i n g t h e h i s t o r y o f L a k e W a l l e n p a u p a c k a l i v e a n d a c c e s s i b l e f o r p r e s e n t a n d f u t u r e g e n e r a t i o n s ”

Wallenpaupack His tor ica l Socie ty wi l l hos t weekly open houses at The Wil l iams House dur ing the months o f June, Ju ly, August and September on Tuesdays f rom 9:00 a .m. to 12:00 noon. P lease s top by to tour The Wil l iams House, v iew WHS publ icat ions for purchase, or to speak to a member of the Col lect ions Commit tee. For fur ther in for mat ion, ca l l 570-226-8980. Thank you to Susan Van Wagner, re lat ive o f I sobel Wi l l iams, who s topped by a recent open house wi th th i s early 20th century photo of when the home had i t s large k i tchen (on le f t ) .

Summer Open Houses at The Wil l iams House June through Sept . , Tuesdays, 9 :00 a .m. - 12 :00 noon

The Tria l o f the Centur y Ju ly 19 , 1 :00 p.m. at the ELC on Lamber ton Lane, Hawley

Long before OJ, there were other t r ia l s that g rabbed the publ ic ’s at tent ion. Thomas Bur ns, Sr. was a pot ter who bought property near present Ironwood Point to se t up a pot tery. Thomas Bur ns, Jr. (h i s son) a l so worked at the pot tery. When the son was found dead f rom a gunshot wound af ter the two Thomas’ ate lunch together, i t launched an inves t igat ion that resembled a moder n epi sode of CSI and culminated in a very h igh prof i le t r ia l in Pike County. Please at tend Wal lenpaupack His tor ica l Socie ty ’s Ju ly program, presented by area h i s tor ian Ber nadine Lennon, at 1 :00 p.m. on Ju ly 19 at the Environmenta l Lear ning Center on Route 6 near Hawley. PPL Drive, the for mer name of the road to the ELC, has recent ly been renamed Lamberton Lane in honor of the las t PPL lake super intendent David Lamberton, who served as super intendent unt i l 2003.

Histor ic Preser vat ion Easement Moni tor ing at Nemanie Vi l lage

In June, Wal lenpaupack His tor ica l Society ’s His tor ic Preservat ion Easement Commit tee conducted i t s annual moni tor ing of the h i s tor ic preservat ion easement at Nemanie Vi l lage in Paupack. Since November 2005, WHS has been respons ible for moni tor ing the 0 .40 acre parce l at Nemanie, ver i fy ing that the property remains undis turbed. The pur pose o f the easement i s to ensure that the h i s tor ic and archaeologica l features o f the property be preserved and protected in the ir current s tate, as the property possesses h i s tor ic and archaeologica l va lues inc luding the presence of prehis tor ic Nat ive American ar t i fact s, which according ly are o f g reat importance to the nat ion, s tate and township, and i t s people. Due to the quant i ty o f Nat ive American ar t i fact s found prev ious ly at that locat ion and reported to the Pennsy lvania His tor ica l and Museum Commiss ion (PHMC), an easement was required by PHMC in order for the owner to proceed wi th lo t subdiv i s ion surrounding the archaeologica l s i te. WHS was g ranted the easement in 2005 because the organizat ion i s a publ ic ly supported 501(c ) (3 ) , reg i s tered wi th the Bureau of Char i table Organizat ions o f the Pennsy lvania Department o f State, and has a pr imary pur pose in the preservat ion, protect ion and enhancement o f h i s tor ic ar t i fac t s, bui ld ings and lands. Photographed are Jon Tandy and Ann Wiedenman, members o f the His tor ic Preservat ion Easement Commit tee.

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Sandy Shore Property Owners Assoc iat ion Lakevi l le

Thank You to Renewed MemberPer i Schuyler

Ger mantown, MD

Thank You to New Member

Wallenpaupack Historical Society

• OFFICERS

Robert Essex, President Kristen Brown, Vice-President

and Newsletter Editor Jon Tandy, Secretary

Donna Stuccio, Treasurer •

DIRECTORS Arnold T. Anderson

Robert Ammon C. Richard Briden

Nancy Gumble Douglas Hayes

Rolf Moeller Gertrude Schleiker

Bruce Taylor Ann Wiedenman

• 103 Manor Woods Court

P.O. Box 345 Paupack, PA 18451

• ( 570 ) 226 - 8980

• WallenpaupackHistorical .org

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S t e l l a o f L a c k a w a n n a Edi t ed by Kr i s t en Brown

Pa r t I I Wal l enpaupack Hi s to r i ca l Soc i e ty pub l i she s a co l l e c t i on o f poe t r y by Har r i e t Ger t rude Wat re s en t i t l ed Cobweb s , compr i s ing o f a co l l e c t i on o f poe t r y by Wat re s wr i t t en in the mid n ine teen th cen tur y. T he in t roduc t ion to Cobweb s , wr i t t en by Wat re s ’ re l a t i ve Ger t rude Love l l P r i ce in 1946 , s t a t e s that “T he l a s t f ew year s o f Mr s Wat re s ’s l i f e were spen t in the house wh ich her son , L . A . Wat re s , bu i l t fo r her on Quincy Avenue nex t to h i s own… Af te r her death , he r ch i ld ren lov ing ly comple t ed the s e l ec t i on o f he r poems fo r publ i ca t ion in book fo r m. T hey g ave to th i s vo lume the t i t l e t o wh ich she her se l f had u sed fo r he r ve r s e s , ‘Cobwebs . ’ ” L. A . Wat re s i s be t t e r recogn ized today a s Co lone l Lou i s A . Wat re s , the l awyer and bus ine s s man in Sc ran ton who in 1913 purchased Lacawac wh i l e invo lved w i th the deve lopment o f the Wa l l enpaupack hydropower p ro j ec t . Reg ard ing the coa l indus t r y and the cana l t ranspor ta t ion o f Wayne County, P r i ce ’s in t roduc t ion s t a t e s : “ ‘T he Ya le Rev iew ’ p r in t ed in 1927 some h i the r to unpubl i shed l e t t e r s f rom Wash ing ton I rv ing to h i s f avor i t e n i ece wr i t t en in the summer o f 1841 . T hey de sc r ibed de l i gh t fu l l y a t r ip by cana l f rom Rondout on the Hudson to Honesda l e w i th Mr Ph i l l i p Hone and the D i rec to r s o f the De laware and Hudson Cana l Company… He wro te : ‘ I th ink I never in my l i f e have been more impre s s ed w i th natura l s cener y… T hi s dar ing en te r pr i s e o f bu i ld ing such an immense wate r y h ighway a long per pend icu la r mounta in s and th rough the hear t o f an a lmos t imprac t i cab l e w i lde r ne s s… And l a t e r to Carbonda le, we have come en t i re l y by ra i l road , in rough car s o r boxe s , made fo r the t ran spor ta t i on o f coa l , f i t t ed up w i th rude benches , w i th bu f f a lo s k in s th rown over them. We were d rawn by hor se s , bu t came a t the ra t e o f l i t t l e more than two mi l e s an hour. ’ Har r i e t p robably heard a l l abou t th i s v i s i t f rom her f r i ends in Honesda l e and w i shed that she migh t have been there o r in Carbonda le to s ee the d i s t ingu i shed wr i t e r whose books she had read , and whose a r t i c l e s she c l ipped and pa s t ed in her a lbum.” In March o f 1841 Har r i e t Ger t rude Ho l l i s t e r had mar r i ed Lewi s S. Wat re s , who ac t i ve l y eng aged in the deve lopment o f the Lackawanna Va l l ey, open ing the f i r s t coa l m ine in the va l l ey be low Carbonda le, w i thou t succe s s in opera t ing i t . Mr Wat re s a l so he ld the po s i t i on o f a lde r man fo r the 9 th ward fo r near l y 20 year s . Har r i e t Ger t rude Wat re s ’ son Co lone l Lou i s A . Wat re s was ab l e to ach ieve measurab le succe s s a s County So l i c i to r, S ta t e Senator, L i eu tenan t Gover nor, P re s iden t o f the Sc ran ton -Lackawanna Trus t Company, owner o f da i l y newspaper s T he S c ran t o n Tr u t h and T he S c ran t o n R e publ i c a n , and Co lone l o f the 11 th Reg iment o f the Nat iona l Guard dur ing the Span i sh Amer i can War. Co l Wat re s ’ bu s ine s s in t e re s t s inc luded the manu fac tur ing o f chemica l s , r a i l roads , l umber, coa l , and the o rg an i za t ion o f the Pennsy l van ia , New York and New Je r s ey Power Company and the Pennsy lvan ia Rea l i t y and Inve s tment Company wh ich in i t i a t ed the Wal l enpaupack Power Pro j ec t (www. lacawac .o rg/h i s to r y ) . Reg ard ing Lewi s S. Wat re s , P r i ce ’s in t roduc t ions s t a t e s : “Af t e r the ou tbreak o f the C iv i l War Mr s Wat re s tw i ce s a id good-bye to her husband when he took a company o f f i f t y young rec ru i t s t o Har r i sburg fo r the Un ion Ar my. He was re j ec t ed bo th t imes on account o f h i s hea l th , t o h i s in t en se d i s appo in tment . T he Nor ther n cause had many c r i t i c s he re a s in o ther par t s o f the Nor th . Mr Wat re s a lways s tu rd i l y de f ended i t . Severa l o f S t e l l a ’s poems show how c lo se l y th i s t e r r ib l e s t r i f e touched her hear t . “We do no t know when S te l l a ’s poems f i r s t appeared in the p re s s , a s on ly a f ew o f the

Pr i ce ’s in t roduc t ion s t a t e s that “Har r i e t Ger t rude Wat re s ’ hu sband a lways ca l l ed her by her midd le name, Ger t rude, p robably because o f the romant i c a s soc ia t i on w i th T homas Campbe l l ’s poem ‘Ger t rude o f Wyoming ’ , wh ich had been publ i shed in Eng land in 1809 and was w ide l y read in th i s coun t r y. ” “Ger t rude o f Wyoming” ( ava i l ab l e fo r down load a t Goog le Books ) pub l i shed in 1809 by Sco t t i sh poe t T homas Campbe l l de p i c t s the Wyoming Va l l ey o f Pennsy l van ia and the Ju l y 3 , 1778 mas sac re that took p lace when more than 300 Amer i can Revo lu t ionar i e s were k i l l ed by Loya l i s t s and I roquo i s a l l i e s . T he s t a t e o f Wyoming had acqu i red the name by 1865 when the t e r r i to r y was named a f t e r the Wyoming Va l l ey in Pennsy lvan ia , wh ich had been made f amous by the 1809 Campbe l l poem. T he name or i g inated f rom the Nat i ve Amer i can Munsee word mean ing “a t the b ig r i ve r f l a t ” (Na t i v e Ame r i c a n P l a c e Name s o f t h e Un i t e d S t a t e s , B r i gh t , 2004 ) . And the town o f Wyoming, Oh io was named a f t e r Wyoming County, PA , wh ich was founded in 1842 a f t e r sp l i t t ing o f f o f Luzer ne County (Oh i o En c yc l o p e d i a , Mangus & Her man , 2008 ) .

S end t h em h ome t e n d e r l y ; Gua rd t h em w i t h c a r e , Ea g e r e y e s t e a r f u l l y Wat ch f o r t h em t h e r e : Hea r t s t h a t w e r e y e s t e r d a y Bound i n g a nd g a y, L i e i n t h e i r a g o n y Bre a k i n g , t o - d a y.

S e n d t h em h ome t e n d e r l y— Back t o t h e s o d F i rs t b y t h e r e f u g e

Pu r i t a n s t r o d : B l u e h i l l s a n d o c e a n -wav e Echo t h e p ra y e r, S e n d t h em h ome t e n d e r l y ; Lov e wa i t s t h em t h e r e .

S e n d t h em h ome t e n d e r l y, Poo r, b r e a t h l e s s c l a y, Ye t wha t b ra v e h o p e f u l n e s s Bo r e t h em a way ! Hand t o h and , c l i n g i n g l y L in k e d i n s w e e t t r u s t ;

Tend e r l y — t e n d e r l y Bea r h om e t h e i r d u s t !

S e n d t h em h ome t e n d e r l y ! S i s t e r a nd s i r e S o b a t t h e t h o u g h t o f t h em , By t h e l o w f i r e ; And a f o n d mo t h e r ’s h e a r t Hou r l y h a t h bl e d ; Tend e r l y — Tend e r l y Bea r h om e h e r d e a d !

c l ipp ing s a re dated . T here i s a s to r y in the f ami l y abou t the wr i t ing o f ‘Send T hem Home Tender l y. ’ “T he f i r s t b loodshed o f the C iv i l War was in Ba l t imore when the c i t i zen s a t t acked Union t roops pa s s ing th rough the c i t y in A pr i l 1861 . T he day a f t e r that word was rece i ved here, Mr s Wat re s d rove down to Sc ran ton w i th a ne ighbor. He was a g rea t t a l ke r and hard ly eve r go t s a f e l y th rough a s ing l e s en tence w i thou t mak ing a g rammat i ca l e r ro r. Her though t s were fu l l o f the t ragedy o f the impend ing war and o f th i s par t i cu la r c i rcums tance. She had read that the Mayor o f Ba l t imore had w i red the Gover nor o f Mas sachuse t t s a sk ing what shou ld be done w i th the bod ie s o f the s l a in so ld i e r s , h i s re p ly was ‘Send them home t ender l y. ’ Her though t s d we l t on th i s wh i l e the hor se j og ged a long and the ne ighbor t a l ked on and on . When she reached Scran ton , she wro te ou t the poem wi th that t i t l e . I t was l a t e r s e t t o mus i c and was sung by Un ion so ld i e r s a round the i r campf i re s . Up to th i s t ime she had u sed the pen name ‘S te l l a ’ . T h i s poem was c l a imed by a man who u sed the same pen name ; so f rom then on she s i gned her se l f ‘S t e l l a o f Lackawanna . ’ ”

SEND THEM HOME TENDERLY

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