WALLENPAUPACK HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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Wal lenpaupack Histor ical Society ’s Upcoming Events

JANUARY 2017 NEWSLETTER

WALLENPAUPACK HISTORICAL SOCIETY

“ K e e p i n g t h e h i s t o r y o f L a k e W a l l e n p a u p a c k a l i v e a n d a c c e s s i b l e f o r p r e s e n t a n d f u t u r e g e n e r a t i o n s ”

The annual bus iness meet ing which inc ludes budget approval and board nominat ions wi l l take p lace on January 18th. Al l current o f f icer s have ag reed to another ter m, and membership i s asked to vote on the approval o f o f f icer s, board nominees, and the yearly budget .

Annual Business Meet ingJanuar y 18 , 1 :00 p.m. at the ELC

WALLENPAUPACK HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS RECENTLY UPDATED ITS MAILING LIST AND EMAILING LIST. IF THERE IS AN ERROR IN YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, OR EMAIL PREFERENCE, PLEASE CALL 570 226 8980 OR EMAIL THE

NEWSLETTER EDITOR AT kr i s ten.beth@ic loud.com WITH THE CORRECTION.

Wallenpaupack His tor ica l Socie ty wi l l present on the cul ture and events o f the early twent ie th century by resourc ing newspaper ar t ic les f rom 1917, presented by Jon Tandy.

Newspaper Reading, This Week in 1917Febr uar y 15 , 1 :00 p.m. at the ELC

The March program wi l l feature a ser ies o f narrator s who wi l l read Helen Cooke’s Trad i t i on s o f Wal l enpaupack , the epic poem about the f ic t ional Pr incess Nemanie and Chief Paupackan, f i r s t publ i shed in 1914. The poem al so conta ins h i s tor ica l s tor ies about and the or ig ina l Wal lenpaupack set t ler s.

Reading of Tradi t ions o f Wal lenpaupackMarch 15 , 1 :00 p.m. at the ELC

T hank you t o Lo r i Ess e x who has o f f e r ed t o p rov id e r e f r e shmen t s fo r t h e Januar y bus in e s s me e t ing.

Wallenpaupack Historical Society

• OFFICERS

Robert Essex, President Kristen Brown, Vice-President

and Newsletter Editor Jon Tandy, Secretary

Donna Stuccio, Treasurer •

DIRECTORS Arnold T. Anderson

Robert Ammon C. Richard Briden

Donal Coutts, Dir. Emeritus Nancy Gumble

Rolf Moeller Gertrude Schleiker

Bruce Taylor R. Anthony Waldron

Ann Wiedenman •

103 Manor Woods Court P.O. Box 345

Paupack, PA 18451 •

( 570 ) 226 - 8980

• WallenpaupackHistorical .org

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Williams House featured on Hawley Winterfest

House Tour on December 10th

The Downtown Hawley Partner ship featured the Wi l l iams House on the Winter fes t House Tour on December 10th. Downtown Hawley Partner ship vo lunteer s Barb Br iden and Kate Hayes (a l so WHS members ) decorated the home wi th hol iday decorat ions.

Wayne County Histor ical

Society Tur ns 100 in 2017History o f Wayne County

in 100 Objec ts Exhib i t P lanned

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The WHS December program inc luded carol s and songs per for med by Andy Anderson wi th accompaniment by Kri s ten Brown. Thank you to a l l who at tended the Chri s tmas program!

In honor of the 100th Anniver sary o f the founding of the Wayne County His tor ica l Socie ty in 1917, a major exhibi t at the Socie ty museum at 810 Main Street in Honesdale wi l l commence on Apri l 22, 2017. The exhibi t wi l l feature 100 objects that each te l l a s tory about the h i s tory of Wayne County. There wi l l a l so be a publ icat ion avai lable for purchase ; the publ icat ion wi l l conta in a photograph and descr ipt ion of each of the i tems featured wi th in the exhibi t . The Wal lenpaupack His tor ica l Socie ty has (Cont inued)

T hank you t o Toby Cobr in , DHP v o lun t e e r, f o r p rov id ing t h e pho t o s. Abov e l e f t : R i chard Br id en , Robe r t Ess e x and Dougla s Haye s.

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About the WHS Publ icat ion

Ephraim Ki l lam’s 1887 His tory o f the His tory o f the Wal lenpaupack Set t lement

By Kr i s t en Brown

provided Wayne County His tor ica l Society wi th the WHS publ icat ion 1887 His t o r y o f t h e S e t t l emen t Upon th e Wal l enpaupack by Ephraim Ki l lam for inc lus ion wi th in the His t o r y o f Wayne Coun ty in 100 Ob j e c t s exhibi t . Area hi s tor ica l soc ie t ies wi l l be contr ibut ing i tems f rom their co l lec t ions, and indiv idual members o f a h i s tor ica l soc ie ty are a l so welcome to contr ibute i tems of the ir own hi s tor ica l ar t i fact s. The exhibi t wi l l be on di sp lay for two year s, unt i l 2019. I f any WHS members would l ike to loan Wayne County His tor ica l Society a h i s tor ica l i tem for the durat ion of th i s exhibi t , p lease contact the WCHS Execut ive Director, Carol Dunn, at (570) 253-3240 or emai l wchs@ptd.net . The i tems wi l l be kept in locked g lass cabinets whi le on di sp lay through 2019. I tems should be de l ivered to WCHS by March 1 , 2017.

The 1887 His t o r y o f t h e S e t t l emen t Upon th e Wal l enpaupack was wr i t ten in 1887 by Ephriam Ki l lam, a d irect descendent o f Aust in Ki l lam. Aust in Ki l lam arr ived in the Massachuset t s Bay Colony in 1637 and set t led in Salem, Massachuset t s. The Ki l lam fami ly descendants, l ike many other s o f the Bay Colony, cont inued to move west through Massachuset t s and Connect icut as the generat ions required far m land for the ir subs i s tence and l ive l ihoods. In 1774 a g roup of 33 fami l ies inc luding the Ki l lam descendants, p lus a school teacher for the chi ldren, p ioneered westward f rom Canterbury, Connect icut , across the Hudson and Delaware River s, to the Wal lenpaupack Val ley. The Connect icut Colony’s or ig inal land g rant , the Charter o f 1662 i s sued by King Charles I I , descr ibes Connect icut ’s wes ter n border as extending to the ‘Souther n Sea’ or the Paci f ic Ocean. Kil lam’s 1887 His t o r y notes the many s trugg les and successes that the se t t ler s encountered and achieved, inc luding deta i led descr ipt ion of ar med sk ir mishes wi th the nat ive Americans, and the ongoing d i sputed land c la ims between the co lonies o f, and later the newly for med s tates o f, Connect icut and Pennsy lvania . Pennsy lvania was es tabl i shed in 1681 when Wil l iam Penn rece ived a royal charter f rom King Charles I I , as sumedly as a reward for Penn’s support o f the res torat ion of the Eng l i sh Monarchy in 1660. As King George III had s ided in favor o f the co lony of Connect icut in 1771 regarding the land di spute between Connect icut and Pennsy lvania , the d i spute was not reso lved unt i l 1782 when the Cont inenta l Congress overtur ned the King’s ru l ing and upheld Pennsy lvania ’s c la im to the Wyoming and Wal lenpaupack Val leys. Ephraim Ki l lam’s 1887 His t o r y i s important to the Wal lenpaupack community because i t remains the only wr i t ten hi s tory wr i t ten by a descendant o f the or ig ina l Wal lenpaupack (Cont inued)

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se t t ler s, compared to the h i s tor ies o f Charles Miner of the Wyoming Val ley, publ i shed in 1845, and that o f Phineas Goodrich of Bethany, Pennsy lvania , publ i shed in 1880, ne i ther o f whom were as inherent ly connected to the Wal lenpaupack se t t lement as was Ephraim Ki l lam. The or ig inal manuscr ipt o f the 1887 His t o r y o f t h e S e t t l emen t Upon th e Wal l enpaupack i s wi th in the co l lec t ion of Wayne County His tor ica l Society. Wal lenpaupack His tor ica l Society used a t ranscr ipt ion of the or ig ina l , made by Ephraim Ki l lam’s descendants, in order to publ i sh the 1887 His t o r y o f t h e S e t t l emen t Upon th e Wal l enpaupack as shown wi th the ye l low sof tback cover. The Ki l lam fami ly t ranscr ipt ion was t ranscr ibed by Ber nadine Lennon and Jon Tandy of Wal lenpaupack His tor ica l Soc ie ty and publ i shed in 2006.

T he Par t o f Pennsy l van ia tha t l i e s b e twe en th e fo rk s o f t h e Susquehannah , d i v id ed in t o t ownsh ip s ; L ibrary of Congress (ht tps ://www.loc .gov/i tem/gm71002328) . A map of the Susquehanna Set t lement , approximate ly 1790 or earl ier, cover ing o ld Westmoreland County, Connect icut , as c la imed by the co lony of Connect icut unt i l 1784 when i t was ceded to Pennsy lvania . I t i s be l ieved that the Wal lenpaupack set t ler s had intended on jo in ing the Susquehanna Company in the Wyoming Val ley but prefer red the beauty o f the Wal lenpaupack, se t t l ing here ins tead. Townships shown do not surv ive names or boundar ies ; the current Westmore land County, Pennsy lvania , in southwester n Pennsy lvania , was founded in 1773 and i s unre lated to the Susquehanna Company. In the middle 1770s, Connect icut se t t ler s se t up f ive townships named Wilkes -Barre, P i t t s ton, Kings ton, Hanover, and Plymouth, located on the southeas ter n part o f the map. Sources : connect icuthi s tory.org ; Luzer ne County His tor ica l Socie ty, luzer nehis tory.org.