Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
1906

Wilkesbarre, a city, capital of Luzerne co., Pa., on the North Branch of the Susquehanna River and on the Central R. of New Jersey, the Lehigh Valley, the Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley and other railroads, 100 miles (direct) NNW. of Philadelphia. It is situated in the Wyoming Valley and is surrounded by most picturesque mountain scenery. Wilkesbarre is one of the most progressive cities of the interior of the state, and owes its prosperity largely to its location in the heart of one of the richest anthracite coal-fields in the world. It is the seat of Beveral academic and charitable institutions, of the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society (whose library contains upward of 35,000 volumes), the Wyoming Historical Museum (likewise with a large library), the Osterhaut Free Library, etc. The city has large iron-, axle- and wire-rope works, railroad- and machine-shops, foundries, silk-mills, and manufactures of lace, tin-ware, cutlery, lumber, flour, powder, underwear, malted liquors, cigars, etc It is connected by bridge with Kingston, on the oppo site side of the river. Pop. in 1880, 23,339 ; in 1890, 37,718 ; in 1900, 51,721.

Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906

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