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		<title>Delaware Water Gap Trolley</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
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While there are some items of interest on The Delaware Water Gap Trolley tour, they are few and those that should be seen more closely can not. Others should simply be removed completely from the tour.
Among the various jobs I&#8217;ve taken to earn some extra spending money was one as a trolley driver/tour guide for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jim Thorpe, PA</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:04:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jim Thorpe &#8211; Mauch Chunk Gets A New Name and Olympic Champion
Jim Thorpe, the county seat of Carbon County, PA.   Jim Thorpe has been called the &#8220;Switzerland of America&#8221; due to the picturesque scenery, mountainous location, and architecture that was built mainly by immigrants with a fondness for the homes they left in Europe. Jim [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eckley Miners Village</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[See The Mining &#8220;Patch&#8221; of Eckley Miners Village
Pennsylvania&#8217;s anthracite region propagated many mining towns, or &#8220;patches&#8221; as they were called in the 1800&#8217;s. One such mining patch is Eckley, PA. Founded in 1854, the mining firm of Sharpe, Leisenring and Company began work on the Council Ridge Colliery coal mine and the village of Eckley [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Luzerne County History</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Luzerne County &#8211; Rich In History and Heritage
Within Luzerne County, PA exists a splendid part of Northeastern Pennsylvania called the Wyoming Valley because the Delaware Indians referred to the Great Plains on both sides of the river as “Maugh-wau-wa-me,” which the early English settlers, somehow, translated into Wyoming.



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Penn’s Grant
In 1681, in settlement of a large [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Archbald Pothole</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Massive Pothole Created During The Last Ice Age
The Archbald Pothole was revealed in 1884 when a coal mine worker, Patrick Mahon set off explosives during a mine extension project. The explosion set off a cascade of water and stone in to the mine shaft. Patrick Mahon and the men evacuated the mine, fearing the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tannersville Cranberry Bog</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tannersville Cranberry Bog is a sphagnum bog on the Cranberry Creek in Tannersville. It is a boreal bog found furthest south when east of the Mississippi river. Tamarack and black spruce trees can be found here, at the southern limit of their growth areas.



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The Tannersville Cranberry Bog site was designated a National Natural [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carbon County, Pennsylvania</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carbon County, PA  For Everyone
Carbon County, located in the Pocono mountains of northeast Pennsylvania was created on March 13, 1843 from parts of Northampton and Monroe Counties and was named for the extensive deposits of coal in the region.



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June in Carbon County brings the beauty of the mountain laurel, Pennsylvania&#8217;s state flower, into bloom. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Points Of Interest</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Discover and Explore Northeast PA and The Poconos
Some points of interest throughout the northeast Pennsylvania area are not always as well known as others. There are sometimes overlooked things throughout the region that are worth seeing, for those interested. Should you have an area, landmark, building, cemetery, or some other item of historical, cultural, or [...]]]></description>
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