History of Carbon County PA Mauch Chunk Lehighton Pennsylvania RR

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Morovian Missionaries & Coal Mines....
Carbon County
NEW!
39-Page Illustrated Booklet
The history of Carbon County in Pennsylvania, is recalled through a mixture of colorful tales and factual data in this
NEW
39-Page Booklet, reprinted primarily from
four
hard-to-find vintage books. The spiral-bound booklet is printed on 8 1/2 x 11 paper, with the print size adjusted to fit. A clear vinyl sheet protects the front cover.
Source books include:
Historical Collections of the State of Pennsylvania
(1843) by Sherman Day;
An Illustrated History of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
(1876) by William Egle, M.D.;
Pennsylvania, a Guide to the Keystone State
compiled by WPA writers; and
My Pennsylvania,
a 1946 project of the Bureau of  Publications, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(
Some Information may be repeated in various excerpts, but often with a different slant or with additional details
.)
The communities mentioned include:
Mauch Chunk, Beaver Meadow, Hazelton, Lausanne, Lowry Town, Taylor’s Retreat, Penn Haven, Cliffton, Lehighton, Weissport, Parryville, East Mauch Chunk, Packerton, Summit Hill, Nesquehoning, Weatherly, Rock-Port, Lansford, Jeansville, Yorktown, Buck Mountain, Mill-Port, Hudsondale, Bowmanstown, Palmertown, and Lehigh Water Gap.
The Day and Egle histories cover the early development of this area, while excerpts from the WPA book, give a nostalgic glimpse from a 1940 vantage point, including interesting historical notes, especially as they relate to sightseeing possibilities. There is occasionally some duplication of material, but often with a different slant or with additional details.
Among the many and diverse subjects in the booklet are:
Moravian Missionaries and Indian Christians at Gnadenhotten and New Gadenhotten; Attack on the Mission House; Monument to those who died; How Dr. Franklin encouraged prayer attendance; Indian Encounters; Fort Allen; Moravian Marriage Arrangements; Suspicions of Irish Freebooters toward the Indian converts; Captivity of the Gilbert family; Running the gauntlet; “adoption” of Indian captives; Discovery of coal in area; Lehigh Coal Mine Co., and early mining techniques; Second Railroad in USA; a Tragic flood in 176 at Weissport; the Importance of a forgotten jacket; Mt. Pisgah and the “far-famed switch-back railroad”, Beautiful cascades and water falls; and other interesting bits of history and trivia.
ILLUSTRATIONS
include Mauch Chunk, Part of Summit Coal Mine, Curious Artificial Hills, Carbon County Court House, Mt. Pisgah Inclined Plane; The Cascade at Glen Onoko, Onoko Falls at Glen Onoko, Amber Cascade at Glen Thomas, Cloud Point, and Nesquehoning Bridge.
The  fourth book includes a 1940s
map of the county
, several photos and a concise update of the county's progress as it looked shortly after World War II.
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