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CONTENTS
Source:
HISTORY OF LEHIGH COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA
And a Genealogical and Biographical Record of its Families
by Charles Rhoads Roberts,
Member of Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Lehigh County
Historical Society, Pennsylvania German Society, Pennsylvania
Society of Sons of the Revolution.
Historian Newhard Family
REV. JOHN BAER STOUDT
Member of Pennsylvania German Society, Society of American Folklore,
Historical Society of Berks County,
Lehigh County Historical Society, Northampton County Historical and
Genealogical Society,
Historian of The Baer Family, Author of History of the Western
Salisbury Reformed Congregation,
Fifteen Years of Grace, Life and times of Col. John Siegfried, The
Riddles and Nursery Rhymes of
the Pennsylvania Germans.
WILLIAM J. DIETRICH,
Member of Pennsylvania German Society, Historical Society of Berks
County, Lehigh County
Historical Society, Bucks County Historical Society, and
Author of Dietrich Families in America
IN TWO VOLUMES - Illustrated.
VOL. I, II & III
Lehigh Valley Publishing Company, Ltd.
Allentown, Pa.
1914
NOTE: If you want anything here transcribed,
Please Contact me. Remember to put the Name of the person and
the area that the person may have been.
Thank You, Sharon
Wick
- VOLUME I - GENEALOGICAL & BIOGRAPHICAL - pp. 1 - 1093
includes Table of Contents & Index- VOLUME II -
CHAPTERS I thru XLVIII - pp. 1 - 774e
includes Biographical Index
- VOLUME III - GENEALOGICAL & BIOGRAPHICAL - 775 -
1466
includes Biographical Index - Adenda & Eratta |
VOLUME I -
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Chapter I. -
- Geology |
1-14 |
Chapter II. -
- Flora |
15-17 |
Chapter III. -
- Delaware Indians |
18-40 |
Chapter IV. -
- German Pioneers |
41-53 |
Chapter V. -
- First Settlement as Part of Bucks County |
54-74 |
Chapter VI. -
- French and Indian War |
75-99 |
Chapter VII. -
- Indian Massacre of 1763 |
100-113 |
Chapter VIII. -
- Revolutionary War |
114-165 |
Chapter IX. -
- Fries Rebellion |
166-211 |
Chapter X. -
- Organization of Lehigh County |
212-223 |
Chapter XI. -
- Bench and Bar |
224-247 |
Chapter XII. -
- Education in the County |
248-276 |
Chapter XIII. -
- Newspaper |
277-283 |
Chapter XIV. -
- Medical Profession |
284-297 |
Chapter XV. -
War Periods |
298-357 |
Chapter XVI. -
Charitable Institutions |
38-372 |
Chapter XVII. -
- Internal IMprovements |
373-384 |
Chapter XVIII. -
- Census of the County |
385-387 |
Chapter XIX. -
- Allentown from 1762-1811 |
388-416 |
Chapter XX. -
- Allentown as a Borough, 1811-1867 |
417-446 |
Chapter XXI. -
- Allentown as a City, 1867-1914 |
447-494 |
Chapter XXII. -
- Churches, |
495-556 |
Chapter XXIII. -
- Borough of Alburtis |
557-564 |
Chapter XXIV. -
- Borough of Catasauqua |
565-630 |
Chapter XXV. -
- Borough of Coplay |
631-634 |
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Chapter XXVI. -
- Borough of Coopersburg |
635-640 |
Chapter XXVII. -
- Borough of Emaus |
641-655 |
Chapter XXVIII. -
- Borough of Fountain Hill |
656-658 |
Chapter XXIX. -
- Borough of Macungie |
659-672 |
Chapter XXX. -
- Borough of Slatington |
673-695 |
Chapter XXXI. -
- Borough of South Allentown |
696-697 |
Chapter XXXII. -
- Borough of Bethlehem (West Side) |
698-704 |
Chapter XXXIII. -
- Hanover Township |
705-716 |
Chapter XXXIV. -
- Heidelberg Township |
717-737 |
Chapter XXXV. -
- Lowhill Township |
738-751 |
Chapter XXXVI. -
- Lower Macungie Township |
752-705 |
Chapter XXXVII. -
- Upper Milford Township |
766-794 |
Chapter XXVIII. -
- Lower Milford Township |
795-809 |
Chapter XXXIX. -
- Lynn Township |
810-840 |
Chapter XL. -
- North Whitehall |
841-866 |
Chapter XLI. -
- Salisbury Township |
867-881 |
Chapter XLII. -
- South Whitehall Township |
882-903 |
Chapter XLIII. -
- Upper Macungie Township |
904-921 |
Chapter XLIV -
- Upper Saucon Township |
922-948 |
Chapter XLV. -
Washington Township |
949-966 |
Chapter XLVI. -
- Weissenberg Township |
967-999 |
Chapter XLVII. -
- Whitehall Township |
1000-1032 |
Chapter XLVIII. -
- Industries |
1033-1089 |
mily Reunions, |
1090-1093 |
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MAP OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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Map of Lehigh County |
Frontispiece |
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Indian Implements |
29 |
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Indian Ornaments |
34-35 |
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Zeisloff House, Lynn Township |
80 |
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Sechler House, Lynn Township |
90 |
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Map Showing Indian Trails and Kern's Mill Slatington |
94 |
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Map of Massacre of 1763 |
106 |
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Fort Deshler (1860), (1910) |
112 |
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Muhlenberg College |
267 |
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Allentown College for Women |
270 |
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Bishopthorpe Manor |
272 |
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Bethlehem Preparatory School |
274 |
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Facsimile Judgend Freund |
283 |
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Phoebe Deaconess and Old Folks Home |
365 |
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Good Shepherd Home |
366 |
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Allentown Hospital, 1898-1902 |
368 |
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Allentown Hospital, 1912 |
369 |
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ALLENTOWN - |
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Rhoads House |
389 |
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Deshler's Mill |
394 |
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Allen Tract |
397 |
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Original Plan of Allentown, 1762 |
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Allen Coat of Arms |
398 |
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William Allen (Chief Justice |
399 |
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James Allen |
404 |
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Anne Penn Allen |
407 |
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James Greenleaf |
407 |
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Trout Hall |
410 |
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Allentown in (1830) |
419 |
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Allentown in (1845) |
429 |
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Allentown in (1853) |
436 |
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Old School House |
438 |
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View from Square (1862) |
442 |
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Views of Allentown |
450 |
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View of Center Square (1876) |
452 |
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Fire of Center Square (1876) |
452 |
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Fire Engine Houses |
455 |
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School Buildings |
460 |
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Views of Dorney and Central Parks |
470 |
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Eighth Street Bridge |
471 |
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Picturesque Scenes |
473 |
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Allentown Band |
484 |
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Fraternal Houses |
490 |
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Zion's Church (1773) |
496 |
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Rev. Abraham Blumer |
497 |
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St. John's Reformed Church |
501 |
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Christ Reformed Church |
505 |
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Brick Church (1856) |
508 |
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St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Ch'ch. |
509 |
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St. John's Lutheran Cburch |
510 |
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St. Peter's Lutheran Church |
512 |
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St. Michael's Lutheran Church |
513 |
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St. Luke's Lutheran Church |
516 |
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Group of Churches
- St. Andrews Reformed Church
- Bethany U. E. Church
- German Catholic Church
- Presbyterian Church
- Dubb's Memorial Reformed Church
- Christ Lutheran Church
- Zion Reformed Church |
518 |
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Calvary M. E. Church |
522 |
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Bet Hugel |
526 |
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Grove
House |
527 |
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Churches of Evangelical Association, Allentown |
529 |
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Trinity U. E. Church, |
534 |
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United Evangelical Churches, Allentown |
536 |
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Rev. John Schell |
540 |
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Rev. Solomon Neitz, |
541 |
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Rev. Jos. M. Saylor |
541 |
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Rev. Moses Dissinger, |
542 |
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Rev. B. J. Smoyer |
543 |
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Rev. David Mertz |
544 |
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Waldheim Park |
544 |
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Ebenezer Holiness Church |
545 |
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Grace U. B. Church |
546 |
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Zion U. B. Church |
547 |
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Immaculate Church |
552 |
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Sacred Heart Church |
554 |
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St. John's Baptist Church |
555 |
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ALBERTIS - |
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Christ Chapel |
561 |
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Memorial Presbyterian Church |
563 |
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CATASAQUA - |
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Catasauqua (1852) |
567 |
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Early Fire Engine |
571 |
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Eagle Brewery |
574 |
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Crane Iron Works |
576 |
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Mauser and Cressman Mill |
580 |
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Wahnetah Silk Mill |
580 |
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Goldsmith Planing Mill |
582 |
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Dery Silk Mill |
584 |
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Wahnetah Silk Mill and West Catasauqua |
585 |
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Pine Street Bridge |
587 |
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Post Office, |
592 |
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George Taylor House (1768) |
603 |
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First Church |
605 |
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First Presbyterian Church |
607 |
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Grace M. E. Church |
609 |
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St. Paul's Lutheran Church |
610 |
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St. Paul's Interior View, Church |
611 |
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Trinity Lutheran Church |
612 |
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Soldiers' Monument |
618 |
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Lincoln School House, |
621 |
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Bank Notes |
627 |
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National Bank |
628 |
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Lehigh National Bank |
629 |
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COPLAY - |
632 |
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Washington School Building |
631 |
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- Schreiber Homestead |
632 |
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National Bank |
634 |
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COOPERSBURG - |
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Boye Residence |
639 |
EMAUS -
- Everett Home (1763) |
644 |
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Moravian Church (1748) |
647 |
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Jacob Ehrenhardt Home |
649 |
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St. John's Union Church |
652 |
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MACUNGIE - |
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Grandy Miller |
660 |
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Nescoe Meeting House |
661 |
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Grace Lutheran Church |
662 |
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Singmaster Homestead |
665 |
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Sallade Home |
667 |
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Singmaster Tannery |
668 |
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Keystone Roller Mills |
669 |
SLATINGTON -
- Kern's Mill |
673 |
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Lehigh Gap |
675 |
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Lower Main Street |
678 |
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Firemen Fountain |
680 |
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National Bank |
681 |
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Slate Quarry |
686 |
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North Main Street |
692 |
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Firemen Monument |
694 |
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SOUTH ALLENTOWN - |
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Stuyvesant Silk Mill |
697 |
HANOVER TOWNSHIP -
- Christ Union Church |
712 |
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St. Peter's Union Church |
713 |
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Beulah Park |
714 |
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T. L. Wieand Cottage |
715 |
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HEIDELBERG TOWNSHIP - |
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Bernhard Heff Homestead (1767) |
722 |
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Fritzinger Home |
729 |
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Handwerk Homestead (1769 |
769 |
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Bear Rocks |
737 |
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LOWER MACUNGIE TOWNSHIP - |
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Romig Homestead (1805) |
753 |
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Old Lehigh Church |
762 |
UPPER MILFORD TOWNSHIP -
- Milestone |
778 |
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Shimer Homestead |
784 |
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Zionsville Reformed Church |
179 |
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LOWER MILFORD TOWNSHIP - |
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Milestone (1773) |
795 |
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Great Swamp Reformed Church |
805 |
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LYNN TOWNSHIP - |
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Kiestler Homestead |
813 |
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Heimlich Fink Homestead |
814 |
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Straub Homestead |
815 |
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First Public House, New Tripoli |
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Ebenezer Church |
830 |
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NORTH WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP - |
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Paul Gross Homestead |
842 |
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George Remeli Springhouse |
844 |
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Hollenbach Mill, Sand Spring |
856 |
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Kern Mill (1806) |
857 |
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Daniel Gross Home |
859 |
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John Siegler Home |
861 |
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SALISBURY TOWNSHIP - |
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Rev. Daniel Zellers |
867 |
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Western Salisbury Union Ch (1819) |
868 |
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Western Salisbury Church |
869 |
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Congregational Vessels and Schlatter Bible |
870 |
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Eastern Salisbury Union Church |
873 |
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Nunnermacher Homestead |
878 |
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SOUTH WHITHALL TOWNSHIP - |
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Jordan Reformed Church |
885 |
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Leibelsperger Homestead |
890 |
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Lorentz Guth Homestead (1745) |
892 |
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Troxell Homestead (1800) |
894 |
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Henry Guth Horne |
897 |
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Sieger Homestead |
899 |
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Peter Troxell Homestead (1744) |
902 |
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Troxell Barn (1806) |
903 |
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UPPER SAUCON TOWNSHIP - |
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Map of Township |
924 |
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Blue Church |
932 |
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Owen's Hotel (1748) |
938 |
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Fiedenville Zinc Mines |
939 |
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Frank B. Heller |
942 |
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WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP - |
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Frederick Kern Homestead (1786) |
951 |
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House built in 1797 |
953 |
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Old House at Slatedale |
954 |
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Henritzy Homestead (1790) |
955 |
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Residence of John F. Peters (1799) |
957 |
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Devil's Pulpit |
959 |
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WEISSENBERG TOWNSHIP - |
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Rupp Barn (1794) |
971 |
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Bleiler Homestead |
972 |
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Ziegel Church |
977-980-983 |
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WHITEHALL - |
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Map Showing Early Settlers |
1004 |
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View of 180,000,,000 Gallon Dam, |
1012 |
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West Catasauqua High School Building |
1020 |
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Fullerton School Building |
1021 |
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Stone Church at Egypt, 1785 |
1023 |
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Egype Church |
1024 |
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Mickley's Church |
1027 |
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Hokendauqua Presbyterian Church |
1027 |
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Butz School House |
1028 |
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School Building, Egypt |
1030 |
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INDUSTRIES - |
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Bryden Horse-shoe Works, Catasauqua |
1047 |
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Dent Hardware Company, Fullerton |
1049 |
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Kurtz Furniture Works, Fullerton |
1052 |
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Erich Establishment, Allentown |
1054 |
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Interior of G. F. Erich Company's Office |
1055 |
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Queen City Silk Mill |
1060 |
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H. J. Feldhege Silk Co., Egypt |
1061 |
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McBride Bros. Silk Mill, Fullerton |
1062 |
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National Silk Dyeing Co. |
1064 |
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Views of Cement Mills |
1068 |
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Establishment of Lewis D. Clauss |
1075 |
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Keystone Barrel Works, Allentown |
1076 |
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Allentown Flint Bottle Company |
1077 |
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Schlafer Bakery |
1083 |
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H. Ray Haas & Company, Allentown |
1087 |
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Geo L. Weisel, Marble Works |
1089 |
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