September 2019 – Luzerne County Historical Society

Frances Dorrance and the Indian Survey – A Crusader for Local History

By Allyson Earl | September 19, 2019 |

Rather archaically named, the Indian Survey was the first statewide archaeological survey in Pennsylvania, and was only made possible through the hard work of Frances Dorrance (1877-1973), the Luzerne County…

Child Labor Laws and Their Effect on the Coal Mining Industry

By Red1 Support | September 5, 2019 |

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Allison Spencer, the Society’s Summer 2019 intern and a candidate for a Master’s in Library and Information Science at Drexel University. Allison…