Ashley, Pennsylvania: Joe Palooka Monument
A stone tribute to America's once-favorite two-fisted Sunday Funnies boxer. Artist Ham Fischer was born and raised in nearby Wilkes-Barre. Restored and upgraded in Oct. 2017.
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Mount Joe Palooka monument, a carved stone slab along the westbound side of Route 309 between mountaintop and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Shows a carved relief portrait of Joe Palooka, the comic-strip character created by a writer born in Wilkes-Barre. The mountain behind it was renamed in the character's honor. There is a pull-off area, but watch the downhill traffic coming from behind when you exit...
[Robert Waldbauer, 09/16/2006]On Rt 309 on the way to Mt. Top is the Joe Palooka monument. Palooka was a comic-strip fighter from Wilkes-Barre PA and somewhat of a local celebrity, who was nationally syndicated in many newspapers. The monument is about two miles from another attraction I spotted while on your site, the GIANT COW in Wilkes-Barre Twp. It's now muticolored and looks really stupid, but it's been there as long as I can remember.
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Joe Palooka Monument
- Address:
- Rt. 309, Ashley, PA
- Directions:
- I-81 exit 165A (northbound) or 165 (southbound). East of the interstate around a mile on Hwy 309. On the westbound side of Hwy 309, just west of Pine Run Rd.
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Steve reports back that the Palooka monument is a plaque on granite, not a statue. So a death match between it and the statue in Oolitic, IN, doesn't seem fair...