Local colonial heritage is
reflected in the ar-
chitecture and furnishings
of two historic homes
located on the west side of
the Wyoming Valley, the
Swetland Homestead and
the Nathan Denison House
which are open to the
public.
Owned and maintained
by the Wyoming Historical
and Geological Society, the
_Swetland Homestead, 885
Wyoming Avenue,
Wyoming, dates from 1797
and provides insight into
early 19th century life in
the area.
A visit to the Nathan
Denison House, 35 Denison
Street, Forty Fort, just off
U.S. Route 11, (pictured
above), is a step into the
past. Built in 1790, by
Colonel Nathan Denison; it
was the first house in
Wyoming Valley.
Rooms are arranged
around a great central
chimney with furnishings
that illustrate the effect
Connecticut and Penn-
sylvania had on Denison,
who came to the Wyoming
Valley in 1769 as one of the
first forty settlers.
Special exhibits,
programs, shows and
carnivals will help en-
tertain children during the
vacation season.
There are four nearby
amusement parks, as
well as Rickett’s Glen and
~ Frances Slocum State
Parks and Moon Lake
County Park which offers
recreation out-of-doors.
Kirby Park and Coal
Street Park, Wilkes-Barre
offer playgrounds, tennis
courts, swimming and play
fields.
When planning a day for
the kids, don’t overlook
area museums which have
fascinating exhibits: Wiant
Museum, Pleasant Valley;
Wyoming Historical and
Geological Society, Wilkes-
‘Barre; the 109th Artillery
Museum, Kingston; and in
Wyoming and Forty Fort,
the Swetland and Denison
House There is a whole
In addition to the ex-
citement of harness racing,
Pocono Downs offers a
variety of special events
during the racing season.
- The summer schedule of
events includes: Friday,
July 3, All-Pro, Bill Bergey
& Liberty Belles Nite;
Sunday, July 5, Annual
Fireworks Display;
Friday, July 10, Pennzoil
Racecar Giveaway;
Friday, July 17, Irish-
American Nite; Friday,
August 7, Tote Bag Nite;
Saturday, August 22, Rick
Nelson Concert; Friday,
September 4, Jacket Nite:
Sunday, September 6,
Herve Fillion. ,
mining villlage at Eckley
waiting to be explored.
The Children’s Museum
offers programs through
the summer in addition to
special events. Local
libraries have programs
which combine fun with
learning. Municipal
recreation commissions
offer special summer
programs and the Gallery
at College Misericordia
offers week long sessions.
TPA provides
information
This tabloid is produced
and published by the
Luzerne County Tourist
Promotion Agency to
provide gas saving ideas
for trips to nearby places.
Additional information on
attractions is available at
the Agency office, 301
Market St., Kingston,
telephone 288-6784.
Sole purpose of the
Agency is to expand,
develop, and promote
tourist business in Luzerne
County. Agency chairman
Paul Lauer is executive
director.
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Resort living
at Lake Aleeda
Resort area living—year
‘round, is one way to
describe Lake Aleeda.
Outdoor recreation—sw-
imming, boating, fishing—
are all as close as the
backyards of Lake Aleeda
residents.
The development,
located on Bald Mountain
Road, Bear Creek Town-
ship, is just minutes away
from shopping centers and
schools. Access to Bald
Mountain Road is from
Route 115 at Florence
Gardens or at the light,
Route 315 near Pocono
Downs Racetrack. It is
just five miles from the
new N.P.W. Medical
Center. Wilkes-Barre Golf
Club is under ten miles,
riding stables are one mile
away and Wilkes-Barre-
Scranton Airport is just 15
minutes from Lake Aleeda.
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Cultures of the world will
be highlighted at the sixth
annual Luzerne County
Folk Festival, October 22 to
25, at the 109th F.A.
Armory, Kingston.
The Festival is an in-
teratnional celebration
origins of local people and
features traditional in-
terpretations of music,
dance, customs, crafts and
food relating to their ethnic
heritage.
There is much of old
Europe nestled in the hills
and valleys of Luzerne
County.
Here are the people of
various European
descent—the Poles,
Slovaks, Italians, Ger-
mans, Russians, Irish and
others who came years ago.
Each group of people has
its own special style of
architecture, customs and
foods—from the hex-signed
farms to the sphere capped
spires of the Russian and
Greek Orthodox Churches
in the region.
Coal was the magnet that
drew the early immigrants
and it was the churches
that became the social and
cultural centers.
It is still the churches
that offer the taste of ethnic
foods, the color and
create a summer long is pierogies, goulash,
mini-look at Europe. pasties and “pigs”.
Most of all, summer is The Folk Festival cap-
the time of the ‘Penn- tures the spirit and flavor
sylvania Slavs’ when the of the summer festivals,
dance is the polka or the combining the best
czardas, the art is features of them to provide
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