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Shamokin Timeline
Follow source-backed milestones in Shamokin history, with disputed and changing claims clearly limited.
Chronology
- The modern town is laid out
The date describes the modern town layout, not first human settlement in the region.
- James Fuller Queen draws Shamokin from Mount Carmel Road
This is one of two distinct 1851 Queen drawings.
- James Fuller Queen draws Shamokin Creek in a shower
Do not merge this drawing with Queen's road view or the later Duval print.
- P. S. Duval & Co. prints a color view of Shamokin
This print is separate from the two 1851 Queen drawings.
- Shamokin is incorporated as a borough
The exact November day remains off the public timeline.
- Uprising during the Great Railroad Strike
The 1891 account reports fourteen wounded; a later local account reports two deaths and roughly twelve wounded.
- Local investors contract for an Edison central station
The contract does not by itself support every imported station specification.
- Shamokin's Edison station begins service
St. Edward's may be described as an early installation, not an undisputed world first.
- The organization now known as the UNA is founded in Shamokin
The Ruthenian National Association adopted the Ukrainian National Association name later.
- Edgewood Park is operating by 1905
Opening and closing dates remain unresolved.
- National Ticket grows, burns, and rebuilds
The anchors represent enterprise origin, incorporation, plant construction, fire, and replacement rather than one exact event.
- Victoria Theatre is built, opens, and is later demolished
A demolition permit or contemporary report is still needed to distinguish 1998 from 1999.
- Shamokin transitions to third-class city government
Use city status in 1949 and third-class city government effective January 1950.
- Fire destroys historic St. Edward's Church
The public timeline must use April 8, 1971.
- Doodle Bug Park opens
Doodle Bug Park opened on June 22, 1958, and entertained generations of area families until 1976.
- City Council adopts the GoShamokin plan
Adoption begins an ongoing implementation process.
- Pennsylvania ends Shamokin's Act 47 status
The order marks a legal financial-recovery milestone, not completion of all redevelopment.
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