...........1829 - 2004........... ......175th Anniversary...... Running of Stourbridge Lion Stourbridge Lion Symposium August 7, 2004, Lackawanna Heritage Valley Center, Mayfield, PA Symposium registration, $50: 570-253-3240 or wchs@ptd.net Program Jane Varcoe, Master of Ceremonies 8:00 A.M. Registration begins 8:30 A. M. Welcome John Cosgrove, Executive Director, Lackawanna Heritage Valley Sally Talaga, Executive Director, Wayne County Historical Society 8:45 - 9:15 A.M. Stourbridge Lion History by Jim Shaughnessey Report on the Running of the Lion by Rod Brown 9:15 - 10:00 A.M. D&H Gravity Railroad by S. Robert Powell 10:00 - 10:15 A.M. Break 10:15 - 10:45 A.M. General Overview of Anthracite Mining in the Lackawanna Valley in the 19th Century by S. Robert Powell 10:45- 11:15 P.M. The 1846 Carbondale Mine Disaster by Robert Hecht 11:15 - 12:00 P.M. The D&H Canal by Peter Osborne The D&H Roebling Aqueducts by Sandy Schultz 12:00 - 1:00 P.M. Lunch 1:00 - 1:30 P.M. The "America" Controversy by Robert Thayer and Steve Marder 1:30 - 2:15 P.M. Technical Aspects of the Stourbridge Lion by Lance Metz 2:15 - 2:30 P.M. Break 2:30 - 3:00 Business Decisions Relating to the Stourbridge Lion by Bill Withuhn 3:00 - 3:15 P.M. Symposium Wrap-Up by Rod Brown * * * * * * * * * * * Rail Excursion, Barbecue, and Play 4:30 - 9:30 P.M. Stourbridge Lion "Roar of the Lion" Rail Excursion to Lackawaxen, PA. A picnic, featuring the Red Schoolhouse's famous chicken barbecue, will be served. Following the barbecue, a short vignette by the Ritz Company Players, titled Train of Thought - A Lion's Share of Pride, will bring to life the historic events of 175 years ago. Cost of rail excursion, barbecue, and play: $35. Contact the Wayne County Chamber of Commerce, at 570-253-1960, for reservations. Symposium Participants Rod Brown, Ph.D., historian, collector of railway memorabilia, trustee of the Waymart Area Historical Society and the Wayne County Historical Society Robert Hecht, Ph.D., educator and author of, among other works, a biography of Philip Hone Steve Marder, railroad historian Lance Metz, Curator and Executive Director of the National Canal Museum, Easton, PA Peter Osborne, Executive Director of the Minisink Valley Historical Society S. Robert Powell, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Carbondale Historical Society Sandy Schultz, Assistant Superintendent of National Park Service Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River Jim Shaughnessy, author of Delaware and Hudson: The History of an Important Railroad whose Antecedent Was a Canal Network to Transport Coal Robert Thayer, antique dealer and author of the article on the mystery of the America Bill Withuhn, Curator of the Transportation Area of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC D&H Symposium III Coordinators Rod Brown, Wayne County Historical Society and Waymart Area Historical Society S. Robert Powell, Carbondale Historical Society and Museum Sally Talaga, Wayne County Historical Society Jane Varcoe, Waymart Area Historical Society
