Editing Harveys Lake, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
[[File:Sunset, Harvey's Lake, Pennsylvania (75649).jpg|thumb|left|Old [[postcard]] of Harveys Lake]] 
Harveys Lake was not officially incorporated as a borough until 1968. Prior to that, the area was an unincorporated part of [[Lake Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania|Lake Township]].

According to [[The Jesuit Relations]], prior to European colonization, the region was inhabited by the [[Scahentoarrhonon]] people, an [[Iroquois|Iroquoian]]-speaking group.

Historically, the first White resident in the vicinity of the lake was Matthew Scouten, who arrived in the early 1790s, but the first White settlers were the Worthingtons, who arrived in 1806.

Harveys Lake became a major resort destination in the early 20th century, attracting tourists from all over the [[Northeastern United States|Northeast]]. Hotels, cottages, boathouses, a [[casino]], and even an [[amusement park]] were constructed around the lake. The grand Hotel Oneonta was especially prominent in the early 1900s; former [[United States President]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]] was a guest in August 1912.<ref name = "backmountain">{{Citation|author = Harrison Wick|publisher = Arcadia Publishing|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=lQy3U1_PissC&pg=PA118|title = Pennsylvania's Back Mountain|pages = 116&ndash;119|year = 2009|isbn = 9780738562780}}</ref>

From 1952 to 1956, Pennsylvania State Senator [[T. Newell Wood]] hosted the Brynfan Tyddyn Road Race around his estate in Harveys Lake.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bryfan Tyddyn Home Team Advantage |url=https://thechicane.com/2009/07/07/brynfan-tyddyn-home-team-advantage/ |website=www.thechicane.com |access-date=30 November 2019}}</ref> Brynfan Tyddyn is Welsh for "large farm on a hilltop" and the race consisted of 10 laps around a 3.5 mile course around the estate.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Petrillo |first1=F. Charles |title=Harvey's Lake History |url=http://harveyslake.org/text/story_brynfan.htm |website=www.harveyslake.org |access-date=30 November 2019}}</ref>  The race was discontinued in 1957 after a fatal accident and officials determined the course was too dangerous and difficult for participants and spectators to reach.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Skrapits |first1=Elizabeth |title=Remembering the glory days of car races at Harveys Lake |url=https://www.citizensvoice.com/arts-living/2.223/remembering-the-glory-days-of-car-races-at-harveys-lake-1.1219879 |website=www.citizensvoice.com |access-date=30 November 2019}}</ref>