My family moved from Germany in the mid 1830's. They built a mill that ground and sold grains. Eventually around 1890 (might be a few years off) a spur was built to connect the mill to the Wilkes Barre and western railroad. The spur was built to bring in coal to the mill and from there a horse and buggy were used to deliver coal to homes & factories. Coal & steel have played a part in every family that has lived in that area for a few generations.
Its sad to see what a once booming coal and steel industry has become. Wellfare, drugs, and crime have permanently replaced those industries.
Thankfully my fairly small hometown hasn't been the most friendly to people that wont learn to speak English and refuse to assimilate. Regardless the future is looking bleak.
Your description of what happened is sad—and accurate. Wherever we lived, we trusted our leaders (elected and not) had our best interests in mind. Because we thought, like most of us do, that they wanted the good of all—we forgot to keep checking on them. Human nature …
What’s different now is that we and people likeus are recognizing and reclaiming our innate power and using it! (Also human nature! Yay!)
Luzerne, Lackawanna, Allegheny, and all the other beautiful counties of Pennsylvania—one by one, here and there (not this minute, but soon)—all coming back!
My family moved from Germany in the mid 1830's. They built a mill that ground and sold grains. Eventually around 1890 (might be a few years off) a spur was built to connect the mill to the Wilkes Barre and western railroad. The spur was built to bring in coal to the mill and from there a horse and buggy were used to deliver coal to homes & factories. Coal & steel have played a part in every family that has lived in that area for a few generations.
Its sad to see what a once booming coal and steel industry has become. Wellfare, drugs, and crime have permanently replaced those industries.
Thankfully my fairly small hometown hasn't been the most friendly to people that wont learn to speak English and refuse to assimilate. Regardless the future is looking bleak.
Everything rises and falls, doesn’t it?
Your description of what happened is sad—and accurate. Wherever we lived, we trusted our leaders (elected and not) had our best interests in mind. Because we thought, like most of us do, that they wanted the good of all—we forgot to keep checking on them. Human nature …
What’s different now is that we and people like us are recognizing and reclaiming our innate power and using it! (Also human nature! Yay!)
Luzerne, Lackawanna, Allegheny, and all the other beautiful counties of Pennsylvania—one by one, here and there (not this minute, but soon)—all coming back!
I love Pennsylvania. And I have frens there.