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Photo, courtesy
Township Resident, Journalist, and Author of
"Field
Notes" Pat Camuso, who caught this Palomino Trout in the
Lackawaxen River, using a Thomas
Lures' Colorado Spoon. |
Township
monitoring recent gas line expansion plans and future impacts to
the township of gas companies begin major drilling activities on
private land. An edited overview of a recent article on the
subject in the Pike County Dispatch follows: Wayne County
Property Owners Take a Wait and See Stand on GAS DRILLING :
http://www.lackawaxen.org/gasdrilla.htm.
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The famous American Western Novel Author Zane Grey lived
in
our town. He wrote many of
his books and stories here. An ardent fisherman, he set world records for game
fish in salt water after moving to the West coast.
Zane Grey Museum The Zane Grey Museum
is on Scenic Drive. Near it is the Roebling Aqueduct,
built by John Augustus Roebling, who also built the Brooklyn Bridge, two
major 19th century engineering marvels. |
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Fishing for information, use the
Site Search tool below. For example type
in the phrase food pantry
and go to the "Site Search"
category for the list of linked pages:
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Township
Visioning Process: |
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Revolutionary War Unknown Soldier
Memorial
Located on Scenic Drive, off Route 590.
According to Wikipedia, on July 22, 1779, Lackawaxen patriots
answered a call from American Revolutionary General General
George Washington, who led the Continental Army to defend
against British Captain Joseph Brandt, a Mohawk Indian, who led
of raiding and intelligence gathering force of Iroquois
Indians and British loyalists intent on securing the Upper
Delaware Valley. In the battle, Brandt 's men defeated a force
of Continental Army Minutemen from Orange and Sullivan County towns and
those from Lackawaxen Township.
The British victory was short
lived as Washington deployed a forced three weeks later to
regain the strategic advantage in the Delaware Valley and north
of it. But, the Minisink battlefield
was so remote and difficult to reach that most of the bodies of
Minutemen were not recovered until 40 years. However, one or more
Lackawaxen families forded the river, recovered the remains of
one local soldier, and buried him at the above site. The
site was discovered in 1847. Since then, an annual
ceremony to commemorate that soldier and others from
Lackawaxen who gave their lives in the American
Revolution is celebrated every year.
For information on Social and Human Services,
such as Food Pantry, click
ORGANIZATIONS,
or go to ORGANIZATIONS tab above, or
http://www.pikepahelp.org for a list of
organizations that provide services. |
For information about Lackawaxen Township demographics,
population, average per capita income, etc., contact Pike County
Planning Dept. at (570A) 226-6294 or or go to the Pike County
website at
http://www.pikepa.org/
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