Celebrated local heroes and notorious criminals. Daring deeds and exciting innovations. Throughout 2012, the local history column explored a range of stories from our past. How much do you remember? Take our quiz and test your knowledge.
1. Isaac Tillinghast made a name for himself by operating an extensive nursery in a rural community of Lackawanna County. In 1877, he published “A Manual of Vegetable Plants.” His community was also a center in the dairy industry and home to an academy that grew to be a college. This rural community is ...
A. Dalton.
B. Waverly.
C. La Plume.
2. In 1957, Adolphus Hohensee was featured in a New York Daily News story. The Scott Twp. resident had seen the inside of courtrooms around the county, with accusations of fraud, conspiracy to cheat, domestic abuse, conspiracy to violate health and safety laws and more. His run-ins with the law centered on his work as a ...
A. nature doctor.
B. safety inspector for the DL&W railroad.
C. tuberculosis specialist.
3. This former attorney settled in Towanda, practiced law with the Hon. David Wilmot of Wilmot proviso fame, met George W. Scranton and relocated to Scranton. In the mid-1800s, he bought the Whaling farm and became the chief developer of Green Ridge, which later became a part of Scranton. This man was ...
A. Orlando S. Johnson.
B. George Sanderson.
C. William B. Sturges.
4. Aboard the Carpathia, the Rev. Henry Burke and Rev. Daniel McCarthy were three days into their journey to Europe and the Holy Land when their ship was called to assist in this disaster
A. The sinking of the Lusitania
B. The bombing of Pearl Harbor
C. The sinking of the Titanic
5. This Carbondale native worked for the railroad, was elected mayor of Scranton following the 1877 labor riots and championed the rights of workers as the president of the Knights of Labor. He was
A. John Mitchell
B. Terence Powderly
C. James Archbald
6. Notable citizen A.B. Cohen worked to raise funds for the public library’s book mobile, Scranton fire department’s ambulance service and the Jewish Community Center. As a member of the Scranton Recreation Board, he helped raise funds for this city attraction ...
A. Luna Park.
B. Weston Field.
C. Lake Lincoln.
7. On May 6, 1937, crew members aboard the Hindenburg brought the huge airship to within 700 feet of the mooring mast and dropped the ropes that would secure it. Suddenly, the German zeppelin burst into flames. On board, this 24-year-old Lackawanna County native was able to jump 30 feet from his cabin window to a sand pile below. This young man was ...
A. Pierre Belin.
B. William Scranton.
C. Frank Carlucci.
8. John Terpak was born and raised in Mayfield’s coal mining community. He gained recognition doing the following:
A. competing as a weightlifter in the 1936 summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany.
B. heading the American Red Cross in Europe during World War I.
C. winning an Emmy award for his work on the television coverage of the 1968 Olympics.
9. John “Tex” Nafus and “Big Joe” Szachewicz blew up and robbed the pay car of the Glen Alden Coal Co. in 1930, killing crewmen and starting the biggest manhunt the anthracite coal region had yet known. For their crimes, the pair ...
A. was sentenced to life in prison at hard labor.
B. was sentenced to die in the electric chair.
C. was set free on a technicality.
10. In 1957, Agnes Lord, school nurse at Woodrow Wilson school in Scranton, assisted in administering the vaccine for ...
A. polio.
B. small pox.
C. measles.
CHERYL A. KASHUBA is a freelance writer specializing in local history. Visit her at scrantonhistory.com. Contact the writer: local
Answers: 1. C; 2. A; 3. B; 4. C; 5. B; 6. C; 7. A; 8. A; 9. B; 10. A
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