Looking back

By ANN O'HARA
Posted 8/28/19

One of the most popular items in the Wayne County Historical Society Museum Shop and Research Library is a book entitled “The Nomenclature of Wayne: A History of Wayne County, PA.” …

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One of the most popular items in the Wayne County Historical Society Museum Shop and Research Library is a book entitled “The Nomenclature of Wayne: A History of Wayne County, PA.” Originally, it was a series of newspaper articles in the Honesdale Citizen in 1905-1907, written by Thomas J. Ham (1837-1911). Ham traced the origin of the place names of Wayne County with emphasis on its post offices. The series might have been forgotten if Pike County historian George J. Fluhr had not resurrected them from the files of the News Eagle in 1995. In 2003, he gave the Wayne County Historical Society permission to reprint the book along with the every-name index, which had been prepared by WCHS volunteers Gene Tagle and Rae Ann Bishop. As time passes, it is ever more valuable in researching people and places and as a look into life in the early days of the county.

From the files of the Wayne County Historical Society. The museum and library are open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday.

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