Eckleys patchtown days will feature italian flair news citizens. Enticed by its rich sense of community and thriving coalfields, miners from all over northern pennsylvania began relocating their families to eckley. Professional video production for your business or event. Lattimer archaeology project at eckley patch town days update posted on june, 20 by lm project a couple of updates here, but first of all wed like to announce that the lattimer archaeology project will have a table set up at eckley miners village patch town day. Eckley miners village 2 eckley back rd, weatherly, pa 18255.
Aug 31, 2017 founded in 1854, the patch town of eckley, pennsylvania served to provide coal miners and their families onsite housing, medical amenities, markets, schools, and churches. Lattimer archaeology at eckley patch town days project. Re enactors will portray life in eckley as it was in the mid19th. The patchtown days irish festival continues on sunday from 11 a. The premiere event is patch town days, scheduled this year for june 2021. Jun 22, 2019 eckley miners village will add some italian flair to its annual patch town days today and sunday. A coal patch town frozen in time split rock resort.
Eckley miners village educates the public about the story of anthracite coal mining along with patch towns and their residents through the preservation and exploration of the site and its collection. Patch town days irish festival at eckley miners village on saturday. Jun 22, 2019 come experience life in an 1800s coal patch town. Patch town days set at eckley news standard speaker. Eckley miners village pennsylvania trails of history. There will be irish step dancing and music, gaelic language courses. Eckleys patch town days festival to have irish theme.
This festival celebrates the heritage and contributions of different ethnic groups that made eckley their home. Patch town days italian fest festivals in pennsylvania. A few years ago, we decided to make patchtown days a celebration of a. Jun 22, 2019 festival depicts mining life and celebrates italian heritage on june 22,2019. Lattimer archaeology project a research project of the. Eckley miners village preserves and interprets for citizens and visitors the everyday life of miners and other mining company employees in a culturally, ethnically, and economically diverse companyowned anthracite community or patch town. Eckley miners village museum, weatherly, pennsylvania. Eckley miners village will add some italian flair to its annual patchtown days on saturday and sunday this weekend. Imagine 2030 people living in a 4 room house, without electricity, and without a running toilet inside. A few years ago, we decided to make patchtown days a celebration of. At eckley, a former coal town is preserved as living.
The response from the public was so positive, maso said. It was a weekend full of rain, music, pierogis, and a whole bunch of archaeology. Jun 19, 2019 eckley miners village will add some italian flair to its annual patch town days this weekend. Jun 27, 2015 during patch town days at the eckley miners village on saturday, mike pearce demonstrates how coal mining families would beat the coal dust from the rugs. Local theater troupes including the eckley players will reenact scenes from the movie. Jun, 20 a couple of updates here, but first of all, wed like to announce that the lattimer archaeology project will have a table set up at eckley miners village patch town day. The 19thcentury mining village of eckley will become the scene of patch town days noon to 5 p.
The village comes to life with music, reenactors, food and craft vendors, dance performances and much more. Molly maguires village approaches cinematic milestone. Checkout the citys historic buildings will also open their doors for tours. Oct 24, 2016 during patch town days at the eckley miners village on saturday, mike pearce demonstrates how coal mining families would beat the coal dust from the rugs. Patch towns day, june 2015 lattimer archaeology project. Exploring abandoned mines and unusual places recommended for you. Eckley miners village will add some italian flair to its annual patch town days today and sunday. On june 23 and 24 during patch town days, the annual festival that recreates life in 19th century eckley, there will be another showing of the film in the museums auditorium and other special events that center on the movie. Eckley miners village museum 2 eckley main street, weatherly. Many different occupations are represented by knowledgeable actors who portray the lifestyles of people in the anthracite patch in the 1800s and early 1900s.
Eckley miners village museum hosts annual patchtown days. Eckley miners village to present italianthemed patch. Encountering paranormal activity at the abandoned mine and mill on deadwood creek duration. At eckley, a former coal town is preserved as livinghistory museum. Eckley miners village educates the public about the story of anthracite coal mining along with patch towns and their residents through the preservation and. Jun 20, 2019 the players, garbed as miners and villagers, have acted out skits from eckleys past for years at the annual patchtown days. You can watch girls washing clothes and see food being cooked over a campfire.
Eckley miners village will add some italian flair to its annual patch town days this weekend. Jun 02, 2017 eckley miners village museum will highlight the emerald isle during its annual patch town days festival on june 24 and 25. Eckley miners village celebrates slovak heritage during. There are a lot of things to do during patch town days at eckley miners village. Enjoy music, food and historical recreations of mining life, and take a walk through houses and the indoor exhibition. Eckley miners village in weatherly, pennsylvania kid. Lady sings god bless america, eckley, pa god bless america, singing, lady. Jun 21, 2014 celebrate eckley s 160th year as an anthracite mining patch town through this annual event. Celebrate the coal mining heritage of northeastern pennsylvania through ethnic music, performances by local bands, plus art vendors, community groups, and food.
Founded in 1854, the patch town of eckley, pennsylvania served to provide coal miners and their families onsite housing, medical amenities, markets, schools, and churches. Celebrate eckleys 160th year as an anthracite mining patch town through this annual event. Eckley miners village is administered by the pennsylvania historical and museum commission and is actively supported by the eckley miners. Eckley miners village in eastern pennsylvania is an anthracite coal mining patch town located near hazleton, luzerne county, pennsylvania, in the united states.
Roadtrippers founded in 1854, eckley is an example of a planned nineteenth century coal mining town. Saturday and sunday, celebrating its ethnic diversity. This historic village was founded in 1854 and provides an example of a patch town, a community owned by a coal company. For 8yearold keerah stahora, of hazleton, coming to the patch town days at eckley miners village on sunday was special in more ways than one. Freeland, pa restored miners village roadside america. Eckley miners villagepatch town days part 2 youtube. Visitor services include an orientation film, exhibits, museum store and, when available, guided tours. The town was originally built in 1854 by the mining firm of sharpe, leisenring and co. Reenactors will portray life in eckley as it was in the mid19th. Eckleys patchtown days will feature italian flair news.
Programs include an anthracite lecture series, patch town days, armed forces tribute, civil war encampment and christmas in eckley. Built by the coal company where the coal was mined and processed, it provided miners and their families with housing, stores, and churches, and gave the company greater control of lives of. Eckley miners village museum will highlight the emerald isle during its annual patch town days festival on june 24 and 25. That is how coal miners lived in eckley, pa back in the early 1800s and early 1900s. Eckley miners village weatherly 2020 all you need to know. Before the 1850s, eckley was not a mining town, but a rural, forested. Eckley miners village weatherly 2020 all you need to. Lattimer archaeology at eckley patch town days project update june, 20 leave a comment a couple of updates here, but first of all, wed like to announce that the lattimer archaeology project will have a table set up at eckley miners village patch town day. This weekend eckley miners village was home to patch town days and the archaeology team discovered that the numerous artifacts in our lab and the wellexcavated site on back street fascinated many visitors exploring the streets of eckley.
Hear severin fayerman as he recounts his days in auschwitz and buchenwald. At eckley, a former coal town is preserved as livinghistory museum a day away. The allvolunteer group started in 1999, maso said, and its first performance was about a mine disasters effects on a small coal mining patch town. Visitors remember their roots at irish festival in eckley miners village. Exploring abandoned mines and unusual places recommended for. Immerse yourself in eckley, circa 1944, as youre surrounded by this reenactment illustrating the daily lives of soldiers and mining patch town residents. Eckley miners village will host patchtown days italian fest from 10 a. The site was used for filming the molly maguires in 1968. During patch town days at the eckley miners village on saturday, mike pearce demonstrates how coal mining families would beat the coal.
Eckley miners village weatherly, pennsylvania atlas obscura. Estimated origin of visitors fy 2017 fy 2018 fy 2019 region northeast pa 53. Join us for live music, dance performances, historic demonstrations, and village tours. It is a community, or coal patch town, which provided mining families with the basic necessities such as housing and medical care, as well as basic amenities like a. Eckley miners village celebrates patch town days times. This weekend 619 is patch town days at eckley, pa near lattimer. Jun 19, 2019 eckley miners village will add some italian flair to its annual patchtown days on saturday and sunday this weekend. Patch town days, a celebration of ethnic traditions in the anthracite region of northeastern pennsylvania, will be held noon to 5 p. This page is run for eckley miners village museum by the eckley miners village associates. Patch town days at eckley miners village stefan570. Imagine having to walk to an outhouse in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. Join us for live music, dance performances, historic demonstrations, bocce ball, and village tours. Visit eckley miners village on your trip to weatherly.
Dec 26, 2017 on june 23 and 24 during patch town days, the annual festival that recreates life in 19th century eckley, there will be another showing of the film in the museums auditorium and other special events that center on the movie. Eckley miners village museum 2 eckley back road, weatherly, pennsylvania 18255 rated 4. Since 1970, eckley has been owned and operated as a museum by the pennsylvania historical and museum commission. Eckley miners village is a museum depicting a typical company mining town in the anthracite coal region of pennsylvania during the 19th nineteenth century. Patch town 2 2299 2832 2725 2398 667 total 14 3,515 3,540 10 2,889 11 3,226 10 2,462 eckley miners village. It was one of dozens of similar patch towns speckled across the region, owned by powerful mining companies to ensure at least some of their workers wages. Saturday and sunday at the village, 2 eckley main st. During patch town days at the eckley miners village on saturday, mike pearce demonstrates how coal mining families would beat the coal dust from the rugs. Jun 08, 20 there are a lot of things to do during patch town days at eckley miners village. Eckley miners village offers the chance to visit an authentic nineteenthcentury patch town.
A few years ago, we decided to make patchtown days a celebration of a certain ethnicity. People tend to think the life of early coal miners, as depicted by a reenactment of a mine disaster during patch town days at eckley miners village on saturday, was only gloom and doom. Local theater troupes including the eckley players will re. The players, garbed as miners and villagers, have acted out skits from eckleys past for years at the annual patchtown days. Celebrate eckleys 160th year as an anthracite mining patch town through this. Eckley miners village is pleased to announce that patchtown days italian fest will take place on june 22nd and 23rd at the village. Festival depicts mining life and celebrates italian heritage on june 22,2019. Eckley miners village 2 eckley back rd, weatherly, pa 18255 parking. Jun 23, 2019 people tend to think the life of early coal miners, as depicted by a reenactment of a mine disaster during patch town days at eckley miners village on saturday, was only gloom and doom.
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