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History · Lattimer

57% of Lattimer’s homes were built before 1940

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57%homes built before 1940
4famous people
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Photo: William H. Rau · Public domain

What stands out about Lattimer’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Lattimer are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Lattimer’s homes were built before 1938.
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The story

How Lattimer came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Lattimer.

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The Lattimer massacre took place in the village on September 10, 1897; it resulted in the deaths of at least 19 unarmed striking immigrant anthracite coal miners. The miners, mostly of Polish, Slovak, Lithuanian, and German ethnicity, were shot and killed by a Luzerne County sheriff's posse. Scores more were wounded. The massacre was a turning point in the history of the United Mine Workers (UMW).

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Timeline

Lattimer, 1877 to 1919

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1877Born hereMatt Broderick is born here
  3. 1896Born hereJoseph T. Angelo is born here
  4. 20th century
  5. 1907Born hereJoseph Mark McShea is born here
  6. 1919Born hereJack Palance is born here
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

4 famous people were born in Lattimer

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Jack PalanceAmerican actor · b. 1919
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Joseph Mark McSheaAuxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, titular Bisho… · b. 1907
Joseph T. AngeloWorld War I recipient of the Distinguished Serv… · b. 1896
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Matt BroderickAmerican baseball player · b. 1877
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

HarleighIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikipedia and Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.