6. First successful settlement in 1774 Local Indian Tribe: LeniLenape “Wahlinkpapek” Wallenpaupack In The Beginning…. means “Streams of swift and slow water”
7. Saw Mills Silk Mills Glass Factories 19th Century River as power source
8. 5,700 – acre area 1,280 feet Pennsylvania Power and Light Company or PP&L 3 ½ Miles
16. 1926 Project completed 1910 begin buying land Indians name river Area develops Industries set up 2010 Big tourist attraction Still used for Electricity 1924 PP&L begins construction 1774 1st settlement
18. References Barbe, Walter. Reed,Kurt. History of Wayne Country PA (1798-1998). Honesdale: Wayne County Historical Society, 1995. Hawley-Lake Wallenpaupack Chamber of Commerce. Wallenpaupack. Pike/Wallenpaupack Historical Society, 2001. Mathews, Alfred. History of Wayne, Pike and Monroe Counties PA. Philadelphia: R.T. Peck & Co, 1886. http://www.bearfortlodge.com/wp-content/uploads/lake_wallenpaupack.jpg http://www.wallenpaupackwatershed.org/img/dam.jpg http://www.industcards.com/wallenpaupak.jpg http://www.poconohistory.com/images/historyGraphics/dam4.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3147/2628101726_3de6676e66.jpg http://www.wilsonvillecampground.com/photo.html http://www.tva.gov/power/images/hydro.gif Images