Download or read book Mauch Chunk and Vicinity written by and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mauch Chunk and Vicinity written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-31 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Mauch Chunk and Vicinity: With a Description of the Famous Switch-Back Railroad The township is composed of two boroughs, Mauch Chunk proper which lies on the western side of the Lehigh river, with Upper Mauch Chunk at the north of the old town, and at the base or on the lower portion of Mount Pisgah, and East Mauch Chunk, on an elevated plateau on the east side of the river, and opposite Mount Pisgah. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Jim Thorpe Mauch Chunk written by John H. Drury and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2001-08-28 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through an extraordinary collection of photographs, Jim Thorpe tells the story of not only the athlete but its famed coal-mining industry. What was originally named Mauch Chunk, Jim Thorpe was established on the Lehigh River as a shipping depot for anthracite coal in 1818 by Josiah White, a Philadelphia Quaker and brilliant engineer, and his trusted business partner, Erskine Hazard. By 1829, White and Hazard had founded the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company and built an efficient transportation system that moved coal nine miles over the mountains to Mauch Chunk by Switchback Gravity Railroad, and 46 miles along the Lehigh Canal to Easton. With the arrival of the railroads, the Switchback became a major tourist attraction. As rail excursionists descended on Mauch Chunk to experience a hair-raising ride on America's first roller coaster and enjoy the magnificent scenery, the coal shipping town, billed by the railroads as "the Switzerland of America," became a tourist destination second in popularity only to Niagara Falls. In a story stranger than fiction, the town exchanged its name for the name of Jim Thorpe when the 1912 Olympic hero was laid to rest there in 1954. Jim Thorpe (Mauch Chunk) tells the story of the athlete and his burial, the Switchback Gravity Railroad, the Lehigh Canal, the social scene, and the town's Victorian legacy.
Download or read book Panoramic View of Mauch Chunk Pa and Vicinity written by Adolph Wittemann and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Jim Thorpe Mauch Chunk written by John H. Drury and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mauch Chunk, now Jim Thorpe, was established on the Lehigh River as a shipping depot for anthracite coal in 1818 by Josiah White, a Philadelphia Quaker and brilliant engineer, and his trusted business partner, Erskine Hazard. By 1829, White and Hazard had founded the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company and built an efficient transportation system that moved coal nine miles over the mountains to Mauch Chunk by Switchback Gravity Railroad, and forty-six miles along the Lehigh Canal to Easton. With the arrival of the railroads, the Switchback became a major tourist attraction. As rail excursionists descended on Mauch Chunk to experience a hair-raising ride on America's first roller coaster and enjoy the magnificent scenery, the coal shipping town, billed by the railroads as "the Switzerland of America," became a tourist destination second in popularity to Niagara Falls. In a story stranger than fiction, the town exchanged its name for the name of Jim Thorpe when the 1912 Olympic hero was laid to rest there in 1954. Through an extraordinary collection of photographs, Jim Thorpe (Mauch Chunk) tells the story of the athlete and his burial, the Switchback Gravity Railroad, the Lehigh Canal, the social scene, and the town's Victorian legacy.
Download or read book Notes Upon the Mauch Chunk of Pennsylvania written by John James Stevenson and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Illustrated and Descriptive Guide Book of Mauch Chunk the Switzerland of America and Its Romantic Surroundings Prominent Among which are the Switch Back Rail Road and Glen Onoko written by Schneur & Canfield and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Mauch Chunk 1850 written by Carbon County Tourist Promotion Agency and published by . This book was released on 1985* with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Illustrated and Descriptive Guide Book of Mauch Chunk written by James H. McClintock and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Souvenir of Mauch Chunk Switchback and Glen Onoko written by and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small album contains one sheet folded to 12 accordion-style leaves with 14 views of of Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania and surrounding countryside, including Bear Mountain, Flagstaff Ledge, Mount Pisgah, Mt. Jefferson, and Glen Onoko Falls.
Download or read book Souvenir of Mauch Chunk Pa Switzerland of America written by and published by . This book was released on 188? with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Ichnology of the Mississippian Mauch Chunk Formation eastern Pennsylvania written by David L. Fillmore and published by New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. This book was released on 2012 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Geology and Uranium Occurrences of the Northern Half of the Lehighton Pennsylvania Quadrangle and Adjoining Areas written by Harry Klemic and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepared on behalf of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
Download or read book The Ride from Mauch Chunk written by John O'Hara and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
