Coolbaugh Township Historical Association

11/07/2025

Discover Coolbaugh Township’s History on YouTube!

Discover how the Coolbaugh Township Historical Association is keeping local history alive through engaging presentations. Visit our YouTube channel to explore recent talks and timeless stories from our community’s past.

Featured Videos:
• Schools of Coolbaugh Township (2025)
• Tobyhanna Military Reservation (2025)
• Airport Inn & Horseshow (2025)
• Seven Mysteries of Devils Hole (2025)
• Railroad History of Coolbaugh Township (2022)
• The Lost Town of Warnertown (2022)
• Poconos History: Ice Harvesting (2022)
• Tobyhanna Millpond #1 Ice Harvest (2019)
• Ice Harvesting in Coolbaugh Township (2014)

🔗 Visit us on YouTube: Coolbaugh Township Historical Association - YouTube

11/04/2025

10/26/2025

TODAY: Schools of Coolbaugh Township “Exploring the evolution of education in the community” program presented by Vern Cramer Saxe
Sunday, October 26 at 2:00 PM
Wills Mansion and Museum, 5590 Municipal Blvd, Tobyhanna

10/22/2025

Schools of Coolbaugh Township “Exploring the evolution of education in the community” program presented by Vern Cramer Saxe
Sunday, October 26 at 2:00 PM
Wills Mansion and Museum, 5590 Municipal Blvd, Tobyhanna

10/02/2025

The Monroe County Historical Association is inviting quilters of all abilities and skill levels to participate in the “Stars and Stitches Forever” Quilt Challenge. Following the guidelines, quilters are asked to create a piece of art that interprets their journey (or their family’s journey) of migration or immigration to America and/or the area now known as Monroe County, PA. This challenge is part of the county-wide celebrations planned for 2026 to honor the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

The challenge comes not only in interpreting the theme but also in working within specific rules. Each quilt must be 30” by 30” and include at least one star. Traditional or original patterns may be used. Fabrics, colors, and techniques are left to the quilter’s choice.

Monroe County Historical Association Executive Director Amy Leiser said, “The 'Stars and Stitches Forever' Quilt Challenge offers artists the opportunity to create a meaningful quilt that tells their personal story through the use of fabrics, stitches, and images. Quilters will share their connection to the community, their family, and the broader American experience.”

Linda Post Bushkofsky, Monroe County Historical Association Board member and quilter, reflected on the history of quilting, saying, “Throughout our country’s history, quilts have been made to keep people warm and to feed the soul as artistic expressions. Now it’s time to honor this momentous anniversary with quilts unique to Monroe County.”

Quilts are due by 3:00 pm on Friday, February 27, 2026, and will be accepted from February 3 through the deadline. Challenge quilts will be exhibited in the Monroe County Historical Association’s Hughes Community Room in the new Heritage Center from April 1 through July 31, 2026.

The Monroe County Historical Association owns over 100 quilts of various patterns and sizes. Experienced quilters created some of these quilts, while others were made by first-time sewers, all from Monroe County. As part of the “Stars and Stitches Forever” Quilt Challenge, a selection of quilts from this collection will be showcased in a special exhibition. The quilts chosen for display will highlight their relevance to the challenge, focusing on patriotic themes and colors, star motifs, and a particularly notable quilt depicting the likeness of the Marquis de Lafayette.

For additional information and the complete instructions, including the entry form for the “Stars and Stitches Forever” Quilt Challenge, please visit https://www.monroehistorical.org/250pa.html or contact the office at 570-421-7703.

09/26/2025

Art Exhibit at the Pocono Mountain Public Library.
Meet the Artist reception Saturday, October 4 from 12 to 2.

09/15/2025

Make your reservation now for the CTHA Annual Dinner.
Saturday, October 11 at 4pm

09/14/2025

!!TODAY!!

Tobyhanna Military Reservation Program
Sunday, September 14 at 2:00 p.m.
Wills Mansion Museum 5590 Municipal Drive, Tobyhanna

The U.S. Army first arrived in Tobyhanna in 1912, and has maintained a presence ever since. In this engaging presentation, Bill Leonard will explore the many roles the Tobyhanna Military Reservation has played over the years, including artillery training, high explosives storage, field hospital operations, Tank Corps training, the Civilian Conservation Corps, a prisoner-of-war camp, glider storage, and more. Today, the Reservation encompasses State Game Lands, State Parks, and the Tobyhanna Army Depot. All are welcome to attend.

09/09/2025

Tobyhanna Military Reservation Program
Sunday, September 14 at 2:00 p.m.
Wills Mansion Museum 5590 Municipal Drive, Tobyhanna

The U.S. Army first arrived in Tobyhanna in 1912, and has maintained a presence ever since. In this engaging presentation, Bill Leonard will explore the many roles the Tobyhanna Military Reservation has played over the years, including artillery training, high explosives storage, field hospital operations, Tank Corps training, the Civilian Conservation Corps, a prisoner-of-war camp, glider storage, and more. Today, the Reservation encompasses State Game Lands, State Parks, and the Tobyhanna Army Depot. All are welcome to attend.

09/03/2025

9/11 First Responders Recognition & Appreciation Ceremony
5520 Municipal Dr, Tobyhanna, PA 18466, USA

Saturday, September 6
3 - 5pm

Description
As liaison to the Coolbaugh Township Veterans Committee on the Board of Supervisors, I extend a special invitation to a township event.

As the events of September 11, 2001, anniversary draws near, Coolbaugh Township will be honoring our medical and health professionals with a First Responders Recognition and Appreciation Ceremony on September 6, 2025. We honor their unrelenting and dedicated service to the health and well--being of everyone they come in contact with in their daily professional lives and sometimes in their daily civilian lives. We invite these priceless heroes to join us as we say THANK YOU FOR THEIR SERVICE. It is being held at the township Military Memorial located at 5520 Municipal Drive, Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania.

We celebrate and extend gratitude to these unsung heroes who too often are overlooked and underappreciated. They serve and attend to their patients with tenacity and true heartfelt care and concern to make patients whole and healthy once again. The Keynote speaker for the ceremony is Lorna O'Farrell-MacIntire. The event will also include an open mic for anyone who experienced or was affected personally or collaterally by the tragic and brutal attack on our precious United State of America on 9/11.

We look forward to your attendance.

Thank you,
Alma Ruiz-Smith

08/30/2025

Wills Mansion and Museum
Open TODAY
10am - 2pm