PITTSTON  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Luzerne See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania, U.S.A., on the Susquehanna See also:

• RIVER

river just below the mouth of the Lackawanna, about 11 m . S.W. of See also:

• SCRANTON

Scranton and about 9 M . N.E. of Wilkes-See also:

• BARRE
• BARRE, ISAAC (1726-1802)

Barre . Pop . (189o), 10,302; (1900), 12,556, of whom 3394 were See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• HORN
• HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)
• HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)
• HORN, ARVID BERNHARD, COUNT (1664-1742)
• HORN, PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY, COUNT

horn; (1910 See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census), 16,267 . It is served by the See also:

• ERIE

Erie, the Lehigh Valley, the See also:

• DELAWARE

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, the Central of New See also:

• JERSEY
• JERSEY, EARLS OF

Jersey, the Delaware & See also:

• HUDSON
• HUDSON, GEORGE (180o-1871)
• HUDSON, HENRY
• HUDSON, JOHN (1662–1719)

Hudson, and the Lackawanna & See also:

• WYOMING

Wyoming Valley See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways; there is an electric railway from Pittston to Scranton, and a See also:

• BELT (a word common to Teutonic languages, the Old Ger. form being bale, from which the Lat. balteus probably derived)
• BELT, THOMAS (1832-1878)

belt-See also:

• LINE

line electric railway connects Pittston with See also:

• AVOCA

Avoca, See also:

• NANTICOKE

Nanticoke, See also:

• PLYMOUTH
• PLYMOUTH, EARLS OF

Plymouth and Wilkes-Barre . Two See also:

• BRIDGES
• BRIDGES, ROBERT (1844– )

bridges connect the city with the See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough of See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Pittston (pop., ,91o, 6848) . Pittston is in the midst of the richest See also:

• ANTHRACITE (Gr. avOpaE, coal)

anthracite See also:

• COAL

coal region of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, and See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire-See also:

• CLAY (from O. Eng. claeg, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Klei)
• CLAY, CASSIUS MARCELLUS (1810-1903)
• CLAY, CHARLES (1801–1893)
• CLAY, FREDERIC (1838–1889)
• CLAY, HENRY (1777–1852)

clay also abounds in the vicinity . In 1905 the value of the factory products was $1,474,928 (47.8% more than in 1900) . Pittston, named in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• PITT, THOMAS (1653-1726)
• PITT, WILLIAM (1759-1806)

Pitt, See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• CHATHAM
• CHATHAM, WILLIAM PITT

Chatham, was one of the five See also:

• ORIGINAL

original towns founded in the Wyoming Valley by the Susquehanna See also:

• COMPANY

Company of See also:

• CONNECTICUT

Connecticut; it was first settled about 1770 and was incorporated as a borough in 1803 . It was chartered as a city in 1894 .