Luzerne County HIstorical Society
Online Store
Our Latest Products
$32.90
Author: William C. Kashatus
Description: Chronicles more than two centuries of the Wyoming Valley’s history and heritage.
Size: 8-1/2 x 11 paperback – 171 pages
Published: 2013
$33.02
Produced By: Luzerne County Historical Society, Luzerne County Convention & Visitors Bureau, Canterbury Tours and Services, and other community partners
Description: Across the verdant hills of Pennsylvania and into the fertile valleys of New York, a complex and epic story unfolded, one whose legacy is very much with us today. Listen to and consider this story as you drive at your own pace, exploring the geography that bore silent witness to the events of over two centuries ago. The echoes can still be felt in the hills.
Size: 6 x 9 Paperback – 48 pages + 3 audio CDs
Published: 2006
$5.64
Author: William V. Lewis, Jr.
Description: The disaster of the Titanic had a profound effect on people from many places in the world, both those left behind at the locations of departure as well as those who awaited their arrival in the New World. This is the story of those who were headed to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and those whose travels would ultimately or temporarily lead them there.
Size: 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Paperback
Published: 2012
$9.40
Author: Robert A. Janosov
Description: A history of the Stegmaier Brewing Company, Wilkes-Barre, PA. Its products were an important component of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s identity for decades. Founded in 1857, the company thrived and failed twice in its 117-year history. The Stegmaier swtory is one of industrial expansion, considerable capital investment, and the evolution of a complex industrial facility. It is the story of scientific brewing technologies, the production of high-quality, distinctive beer, and the development of a fiercely loyal base of customers. Finally, it is a story of the preservation of an architecturally magnificent industrial complex, once doomed for destruction.
Size: 5-1/2 x 8-1/2
Published: 1997
$3.77
Author: Christina Galchefski
Description: A Senior Project by Christina Galchefski, Class of 2004, Wyoming Valley West High School. A collection of 30 Luzerne County locations with descriptions by the author and illustrated by elementary students from Luzerne County.
$2.82
Description: Magnet of historical marker for Amedeo Obici (1877 – 1947) who co-founded the Planters Peanut Company.
$9.43
Author: F. Charles Petrillo
Description: A history of the valley’s unique experience with steamboats on the river between 1825 and 1902, with 37 photographs and illustrations.
Size: 11 x 8-1/2 Paperback 79 pages
Published: 1993
$5.34
Authors: Dr. William V. Lewis, Jr., Anthony T.P Brooks, Stephen B. Killian, Angela Lopez, Peter Tomasak
Description: Stories and images of Luzerne County Soldiers at Gettysburg, stories of individuals of note and regiments from Luzerne County, along with images of items in the collection of the Luzerne County Historical Society.
Size: 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Paperback 46pages
Published: 2013
$23.50
Author: Norm Drasher
Description: Historical and geological sketches from Hazleton’s past, including a subject and surname index.
Size: 8–1/2 x 11 Paperback – 245 Pages
Published: 2009
$4.72
An Address by F.H. Newell before the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, September 29, 1925.
Presentation about the growing use of mechanical and electrical power.
$4.72
Read By: Sheldon Reynolds, A.M., Corresponding Secretary of the Society, September 14, 1883.
Description: A scholarly paper regarding archaeological examination of shell-beds left by ancient Native Americans along the Atlantic Coast. Reprinted from Part I, Volume II, of the Proceedings and Collections of the Society.
*Please note: This is an original publication – it may have uncut pages and no longer be in “like new” condition.
Size: 6 x 9 inches, 8 pages
Published: 1886
$4.72
Authors: Alan W. Perkins and Barbara M. Biggs
Description: an exhibit of early Wyoming Valley architecture and tools at the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, Spring, 1964.
Size: 6 x 9 inches