Big Boy visit generated up to $17M for area during Steamtown stay, Greater Scranton Chamber says
Big Boy generated some big numbers for the Scranton area during its two-week stay at the Steamtown National Historic Site.
Union Pacific locomotive 4014 generated an estimated $16 million to $17 million economic impact throughout Northeast Pennsylvania, the Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce said in a release issued Tuesday.
Pa. residents revive colonial-era practice by growing a ‘square yard’ of flax
A group of Pennsylvania residents is working to revive the colonial practice of growing flax one square yard at a time.
Colonists grew the plant to make linen – which they used to make their clothing.
