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Shamokin has two small creeks that divide the town. Carbon Run merges with Shamokin Creek in the north of the town and empties into the Susquehanna River just south of Shamokin Dam near Sunbury. The city has a warm-summer humid continental climate ( Dfb ) and average monthly temperatures range from 25.9 °F (−3.4 °C) in January to 71.1 °F ...
Shamokin (/ ʃ ə ˈ m oʊ k ɪ n /; Saponi Algonquian Schahamokink: "place of crawfish") (Lenape: Shahëmokink [1]) was a multi-ethnic Native American trading village on the Susquehanna River, located partially within the limits of the modern cities of Sunbury and Shamokin Dam, Pennsylvania.
The Allegheny Textile Strike of 1845 began on September 15 at the Market House, in what is now known as the North Side in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. More than 400 textile workers awaited an update on their push for a ten hour day, as opposed to 12, without a pay cut. [ 3 ]
Shamokin Township is a township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population at the 2010 Census was 2,407, [ 3 ] an increase over the figure of 2,159 tabulated in 2000. The city of Shamokin does not sit within the boundaries of Shamokin Township. but is inside Coal Township bordering it to the south.
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At that time, it was known as Shamokin, not to be confused with the present-day city of Shamokin, Pennsylvania, which is located about 13 miles to the east. In 1745, Presbyterian missionary David Brainerd described the city as being located on both the east and west sides of the river, and on an island. Brainerd reported that the city housed ...
Great Shamokin Path Pennsylvania Historical Marker on Pennsylvania Route 150 west of Lock Haven. The Great Shamokin Path (also known as the "Shamokin Path") was a major Native American trail in the U.S. State of Pennsylvania that ran from the native village of Shamokin (modern-day Sunbury) along the left bank of the West Branch Susquehanna River north and then west to the Great Island (near ...
The Schenley Farms Historic District is roughly bounded by Forbes Avenue including the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh on the south; South Dithridge and North Bellefield on the east, extending to include St. Paul's Cathedral and Rectory on Fifth Avenue and North Craig Street; Bigelow Boulevard, Andover Road, and Bryn Mawr Road on the northwest ...