John Mitchell

Historical marker location:

200 North Washington Avenue, Scranton, Pennsylvania

( Marker is on Adams Avenue north of Spruce Street, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1924

1870 - 1919. Champion of Labor Defender of Human Rights.

The Hershey Company, one of the largest chocolate manufacturers in the world, was founded in Hershey, Pennsylvania, in 1894.