by
Kenneth F. Raniere, Karen M. Samuels, South Bethlehem Historical Society
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2010
The story begins in 1848, when the Moravian Brethren sold 274 acres of farmland to investors who resold them as building lots. By 1855, Asa Packer had laid the tracks of his Lehigh Valley Railroad along the Lehigh River, bringing coal from Carbon County to markets in New York and Philadelphia. Industries...