Editing Wright Township, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
Wright Township was formed from a piece of [[Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania|Hanover Township]] in 1851. It was named in honor of Col. [[Hendrick Bradley Wright|Hendrick B. Wright]] of [[Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania|Wilkes-Barre]]. In 1798, Conrad Wickeiser was the first settler in the region. He was followed by James Wright, who established the first [[tavern]] and [[sawmill]] in the locality. [[Logging]] was one of the chief industries in the region at the time. Wickeiser and Wright settled in what is now [[Fairview Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania|Fairview Township]] (once part of Wright Township). In what is now Wright Township, the first settler was probably Cornelius Garrison in the 1830s. He erected a sawmill on [[Big Wapwallopen Creek]] in the southwestern portion of the township. It was one of the longest running mills in the community.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pagenweb.org/~luzerne/patk/wright.htm | title=Wright Township }}</ref>