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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

How Far From Stull To ........?


My grandfather's handwriting on this photo.
A wonderful day in Stull.

Little Nancy Jane in the foreground was my mother's baby sister. Directly behind her are my mom's brothers, Richard (L) and Allen (R). In the rear are my grandmother Lil, mom's sister Mary, and my grandfather Ira holding baby Donald. The only one alive today is Mary, 90 years old and living somewhere in Indiana. Nancy Jane and Richard both died this summer.  Donald died ten years ago, Allen's been dead for twenty.   There's more of my mother's family, the older children of Lil and Ira, who were not in Stull that day: Gerald, Ira, Paul, Ruth (Mom), Jean and Bernard.  These were no longer living at home in 1939.  
Four years after this picture was taken the entire family, including the ones not in the above picture, left the mountains and relocated to a government housing project, following and encouraged by my parents who made the exodus two years earlier .  My father told me he was first on the list for a house in the project and got first choice out of the 250 houses available.  He chose 444 because it was a nice little bungalow with two big trees in the front and a rolling hill in the back which led to the tree lined  Muckinipattis .



A 43-acre golf course became Glendale Heights.
The 9-hole Glendale golf course opened around 1929 and operated until 1941 when the Federal government expropriated Glendale for government wartime housing. With the Lend Lease Program in full swing then, local housing was at a premium and houses began to be built on the golf course in late 1941.
 


(within Wyoming County, State of Pennsylvania)

The straight-line distance from Stull to:

Tunkhannock, which is the Seat of Wyoming County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km] to the Northeast.

If you could walk a straight line from Stull to Tunkhannock, with an average speed of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.

Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 89 miles [143.2 km] to the South Southwest. Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.

The White House (Washington, DC) is 180 miles [289.7 km] to the South Southwest. Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.

The shortest distance to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,752 miles [9,256.9 km] and it lies to the Northeast.

The distance to Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba) is 6,465 miles [10,404.4 km] and it lies to the East Northeast.


The distance to the Vatican is 4,341 miles [6,986.2 km] and it lies to the East Northeast.

The not so straight-line distance from Stull to Glenolden is: 169 miles


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