Views: 1,195 Introduction In the mid-19th century, the Pocono Plateau was still a rugged wilderness, characterized by dense forests, hidden lakes, and scattered clearings carved out by lumbermen’s axes. It was here that Isaac Stauffer, born in 1834 near Wind Gap, would rise from a farm boy to become one of the most powerful figures … Continue reading Meet The King of the Poconos- Isaac Stauffer