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Cut Glass Industry
For many years Wayne County was known nationally and internationally for its cut glass. In 1862…
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Delaware & Hudson Canal Co Office
Pictured on the front is the entrance of the former office of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Co., 810…
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Gravity Railroad
The Gravity Railroad was suggested by engineer Benjamin Wright, engineer of the company, as a more…
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Irving Cliff
Irving's trip to Honesdale was described in a letter from Washington Irving to his sister in glowing…
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Jennie Brownscombe: Wayne County's Own
The National Museum of Women in the Arts has called Jennie Brownscombe "a kind of Norman Rockwell of…
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The Stourbridge Lion and the Birthplace of America's Commercial Railroad
In 1827 the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company began to investigate the use of the steam engine for…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Genealogy in Wayne County
Genealogical records WCHS Research Library at 810 Main Street, Honesdale PA This site will allow the…
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Bethel School Open House June 12, 2022
Jun 12, 2022, 1:00 PM
All Bethel School Open Houses are from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m on Sunday, June 12, 2022, Sunday, July 10,…
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Bethel School Open House July 10, 2022
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Bethel School Open House August 14, 2022
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Welcome to the Wayne County Historical Society, home of the full-size replica of the Stourbridge Lion, the first locomotive to run on commercial track in the United States.

Our main museum and museum shop are housed in a building built in 1860 as headquarters of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company....click here for more information.

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The Bethany Methodist Church
In 1807, Gideon Draper, a Methodist preacher of the Canaan Circuit, found…
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Lake Como United Methodist Church
Lake Como Historic Preservation Award given in 2004 to the Lake Como United…

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