Pocono Pines history

Meet The King of the Poconos- Isaac Stauffer

Stauffers Pond, c1900, on the Upper Tunkhannock Creek. Stauffer's Laurel Inn was the first major retreat destination in the region…

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Lutherland – Once the Poconos Wonderland Retreat

From the outset, Lutherland was promoted not only as a summer retreat but as a year-round destination for religious conferences,…

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1892 – Getting to the Poconos – Taking The Train

Many of us forget that the automobile didn't really start gaining a presence until the 1920s, so getting around was…

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Retrospective: Lake Naomi, Pocono Pines and The Logan Steele Era 1963- 1986

While my parents caught wind of Lake Naomi in 1963, Logan Boone Steele of Summit, New Jersey, had a vision…

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Pocono Pines and Early Lake Naomi -The Gilded Age (1870s-1963)

First Lake Naomi Bathing Beach c1904 As America surged through the transformative decades of the Gilded Age, from the 1870s…

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