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River Street
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Thursday, November 27, 2008. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Capt. Zebulon Butler
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Sunday, December 7, 2008. Captain Zebulon Butler lived on the southeast corner of Northampton and River streets where later was the Judge John Butler Woodward home. Colonel Ethan Allen was entertained here in 1786. In this house Luzerne County was organized, its courts established, and its officials inducted into office by Colonel Timothy Pickering. Lord Butler, son of Zebulon appointed the first Postmaster of Wilkes-Barre in 1794, kept the office here. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Capt. John Paul Schott
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Capt John Paul Schott. Sunday, December 7, 2008. Capt John Paul Schott built in 1783, what was known as "The old red house," about thirty rods from Fort Wyoming located near South street on the river common. Here for several years he kept a tavern, and later a store. He was born 15 October 1744 in Prussia. In 1780 he was commandant at Wyoming in the absence of Colonel Butler, being next in command of the garrison. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
