I decided to go a little further back in Scranton’s notorious past. This time, over a century ago, when Italian immigrants, particularly Southern Italians, and Sicilians, were coming to the US in waves. Starting in the early 1880s and continuing until 1924, over 4 million Italians made the trek. The peak came between 1900-1910 when over half of the total immigrated – leaving the poverty-stricken … Continue reading The Black Hand Society of Bull’s Head