Frances Slocum State Park
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Frances Slocum State Park is a 1,035-acre Pennsylvania state park in Kingston Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Frances Slocum Lake is a 165-acre man-made, horseshoe-shaped
Swampland in the park in autumn
Woodland in Frances Slocum State Park
A frozen Frances Slocum Lake
Salamanders are a common sight along Lakeshore Trail
Frances Slocum
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Frances Slocum was an adopted member of the Miami people. Slocum was born into a Quaker family that migrated from Warwick, Rhode Island, in 1777 to the Wyoming Valley in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
Frances Slocum State Park
…is a popular fishing and boating destination. The park is 5 miles (8.0 km) from Dallas and 10 miles (16 km) from Wilkes-Barre. The park is named for Frances Slocum, who was taken captive by a group of Lenape on November 2, 1778, when she was just five years old. Her family had been among the first whites to settle…
Frances Slocum (age 66), portrait by George Winter, 1839
Group at Frances Slocum tomb
The capture of Frances Slocum
Frances Slocum and her daughters