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Honesdale -- more
specifically, the county seat of Wayne
County -- is the precise location of
the birth of the American railroad. The first
steam locomotive, the Stourbridge Lion, built
in Stourbridge, England, was brought across the
sea and set up on the tracks of the Delaware
and Hudson Canal Company in Honesdale in 1829.
An exact replica can now be seen at the Wayne
County Historical Building on Main Street. The
original train is in the Smithsonian Institute
in Washington, DC. Throughout the year,
visitors can board the Stourbridge Line
Railroad at the Visitors Center and enjoy a
variety of excursions from Honesdale to
Lackawaxen or Hawley. Trips include scenic
tours during the fall foliage season,
dinner/theatre and shopping/sightseeing
excursions and the interactive "Great Train
Robbery" excursion.
The restored Victorian town
of Hawley along the Lackawaxen River offers
special events throughout the year, theatre
productions and shopping. Antiquing is a
favorite activity in Wayne County with more
than 45 dealers to visit. The Dorflinger-Suydam
Wildlife Sanctuary and Glass Museum offers
hiking trails, summer outdoor concert series,
art shows and a collection of over 600 pieces
of Dorflinger glass which graced the tables of
Presidents Lincoln to Wilson.
Wayne County has more lakes
than any other county in Pennsylvania. So bring
your rod - the trout, bass, walleyes, pickerel,
muskies and salmon are biting.
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