The Scranton Iron Furnaces in South Scranton are a historic reminder of the nation's rich industrial past. Isaac Tripp, the first known European-American settler in the area, built his home in in North Scranton in the section known as Providence.
The home is considered to be the oldest house in Lackawanna County, and it still stands today at N. Scranton hosts the headquarters of Times-Shamrock Communications , which publishes the city's major newspaper, The Times-Tribune , a Pulitzer Prize -winning broadsheet daily founded in The Scranton Post is a weekly general interest broadsheet. The Times Leader is a daily paper that primarily covers Wilkes-Barre. The Times Leader also publishes Go Lackawanna [3] , a Sunday newspaper serving Scranton and surrounding municipalities, and the Weekender is a Wilkes-Barre-based entertainment tabloid with distribution in Scranton.
Scranton's professional sports date to , when the minor-league Scranton Indians became the city's first professional baseball team. The team won conference championships in , , and Holmes retained his title via a unanimous round decision without losing a single round in any official scorecard.
The Steamtown National Historic Site showcases steam-era railroading. Excursion trains give visitors tours through Scranton and portions of the Pocono Mountains. Many of Scranton's attractions celebrate its heritage as an industrial center in iron and coal production and its ethnic diversity.
Museums in Scranton include the Everhart Museum in Nay Aug Park, which houses a collection of natural history, science and art exhibits; and the Houdini Museum , which features films, exhibits, and a stage show in a unique, century-old building. Terence Powderly 's house , still a private dwelling, is one of the city's many historic buildings and, with Steamtown, the city's other National Historic Landmark. Tripp House, built by the Tripp family in , is the oldest building in the city.
The city's religious history is evident in the Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Ann , which draws thousands of pilgrims to its annual novena , and St. The history of the founding of this denomination is tied to Polish immigration to Scranton in the late 19th century. Since the s, Scranton has hosted La Festa Italiana , a three-day Italian festival that takes place on Labor Day weekend on the courthouse square.
The festival originally took place around Columbus Day , but was moved because Scranton generally receives cold weather in October. Scranton's large Irish population is represented in the annual Saint Patrick's Day Parade , first held in Organized by the St. Patrick's Day Parade Association of Lackawanna County, it is the nation's fourth-largest in attendance and second-largest in per capita attendance. In , attendance estimates were as high as , people.
The The city is the home of Electric Theatre Company , a professional Equity theatre with a nine-month season. Scranton's primary concert venue is the Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain , a partially covered amphitheater that seats 17, Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple is an impressive piece of architecture which houses several auditoriums and a large ballroom. It hosts the Northeast Philharmonic, Broadway Theater and other touring performances.
Other appearances in pop culture include:. Route 11 , which runs parallel to I COLTS buses provide extensive service within the city and more limited service that reaches in all directions to Carbondale , Daleville , Pittston , and Fleetville. The other bussing company is the LCTA which is the "Luzerne county transit authority", which mainly runs through The Minooka section closest to Luzerne County and Downtown Scranton by the steamtown mall.
Martz Trailways and Greyhound Lines provide coach bus transportation from its downtown station to New York City, Philadelphia and other points in the northeast. They are hired by telephone through central dispatch and cannot be hailed on the street as in larger cities. One of its primary objectives is to re-establish rail passenger service to Hoboken, New Jersey and thence by connection to New York.
In addition, SSD maintains 12 public elementary schools for grades K—5. Holy Cross High School in Dunmore is a Catholic high school operated by the Diocese of Scranton that serves students in Scranton and the surrounding area. The diocese also operates several private elementary schools in the city.
As of , Scranton libraries serve more than 96, people and have a circulation of over , Scranton has three official sister cities , as designated by Sister Cities International :.
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A bitter strike in resulted in the imposition of martial law and the collapse of the miners' union. Everhart Museum 's collections include 19th- and 20th-century American art and natural history displays, including Dinosaur Hall. The oldest institutions of higher education in Scranton are the University of Scranton and Marywood College, both Roman Catholic schools founded in and , respectively.
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