Storia e directory delle città di Newton e Ransom, Contea di Lackawanna, Pennsylvania; . e sono stati anche i primi ad acquistare la terra da theIndians, e prima a prendere possesso; Così thatthis sezione, quando si stabilì per la prima volta, è stato a sottostimooodto essere situato nella contea di Litchfield (in seguito West-moreland) nello Stato del Connecticut. Le autorità della Pennsylvania ha contestato theclaims dei coloni del Connecticut per quanto riguarda il bothownership e la giurisdizione, che ha portato a dei coloni del Connecticut in quel momento. A venti miglia da Tilbury Knob, e atthe op])osile fine della valle, si erge Camp-campane Battuta, così nome

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History and directory of Newton and Ransom townships, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; . e also were first to purchase the land from theIndians, and first to take possession; so thatthis section, when first settled, was understoodto be located in Litchfield (afterwards West-moreland) county in the State of Connecticut.The authorities of Pennsylvania disputed theclaims of the Connecticut settlers as to bothownership and jurisdiction; which resulted in of the Connecticut settlers at that time. Twenty miles from Tilbury Knob, and atthe op])osile end of the valley, stands Camp-bells Ledge, so named in lionor of ThomasCampbell, English poet and author of Ger-trude of Wyoming. From the summit ofCampbells Ledge, you may gaze over the en-tire area of Wyoming Valley and a vast terri-tory besides. Or you may look several hun-dred feet straight down to where at the base ofthe cliff ran the great Indian highway of com-munication between the Long House of theIroquois and their tributary people on the Le-high and Delaware rivers. This path camedown the river past the Ledge, crossed the. OLD FORTY FORT CHURCHThe Oldest Church in Wyoming Valley, 1807 a series of persistent and often bloody strug-gles, beginning in 1769, continuing for nearlytwenty years. These are known in history asthe Pennamite Wars. Two simple monuments on the Elver Com-mon in Wilkes-Barre show the location of twoforts that ligured prominently in the Penna-mite Wars. Fierce fights occurred in theneighborhood of these and several other smallforts; but perhaps the most famous of thesewars was known as the Battle of NanticokeFalls. This spot, the site of the present Nanti-coke Dam, is at the extreme southwestern endof the valley and at the foot of the beautifulledge called Tilbury Knob—a place well w^orth-isiting either for its natural beauty or for itshistorical interest. Here on Christmas Eve.1775, Colonel Plunket with seven hundredmilita, mostly from Northumberland, was metand utterly defeated by the three hu

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