Lehigh

South Whitehall Twp., PA

Born in Grabs, Switzerland, chaplain of the First Battalion Northampton County Militia, 1781 is buried in this cemetery.

Allentown, PA

Founded 1762 by the noted colonial leader and jurist, William Allen.

Fullerton, PA

Founded 1762 by the noted colonial leader and jurist, William Allen.

Allentown, PA

Founded 1762 by the noted colonial leader and the jurist, William Allen.

Allentown, PA

Founded 1762 by the noted colonial leader and jurist, William Allen.

Allentown, PA

Pennsylvania’s first state hospital to treat mental illness through homeopathy.

Catasauqua, PA

First structure, a grist mill, was built about 1752.

Catasauqua, PA

Established in 1882, this plant was one of the largest of its kind in the world.

Catasauqua, PA

The first long-term, commercially successful anthracite iron furnace opened July 4, 1840, here in Catasauqua.

Catasauqua, PA

"Father of the American anthracite iron industry" lived here.

Catasauqua, PA

Established here, 1865, the company was a pio-neer in the manufacture of iron plate for lining underwater tunnels.

Catasauqua, PA

Here was D. George Dery's first Pennsylvania silk mill, built 1897 and later enlarged.

Emmaus, PA

Called by the Indians "Macungie," or "feeding place of the bears.

Coplay, PA

David O. Saylor was the first to make portland cement in the United States, at Coplay in 1871.

Slatington, PA

The first factory to produce blackboard and school slates common in U.S. classrooms opened nearby in 1847.

A substantial stone structure, used as a military post and as a refuge for settlers against attack, was nearby on the north bank of...

E of Lynnport, PA

A blockhouse, erected about 1756, stood 300 feet north of here.

Jacksonville, PA

whose homestead is located one mile to the north in September 1777 with his farm team hauled the Liberty Bell from Philadelphia to...

Catasauqua, PA

Signer, Declaration of Independence, lived here.

Allentown, PA

This African-American evangelist opened a mission about 1900 at 738 North Penn Street, where she preached until her death.

Vera Cruz, PA

The most famous of Pennsylvania's Indian quarries may be seen in the woods a few hundred yards southwest of here.

Allentown, PA

Formed March 6, 1812 from part of Northampton County and named for the Lehigh River.

Allentown, PA

From Sept. 1777 to June 1778, the State House bell was hidden here at Zion's Reformed Church.

Alburtis, PA

Representative of the many iron furnaces in the Lehigh Valley, Lock Ridge was constructed here in 1868, operated until 1921, and was the...

This industry was born in the Lehigh Valley.

Slatington, PA

One of the largest slate-producing centers in the United States.

Once housed here, it was one of the largest and most powerful single-cylinder steam engines of its time.

Bethlehem, PA

Within this crypt rests the bones of an unknown soldier in the war for Independence.

Slatington, PA

A sawmill, built before 1755, and used as a station for troops at time of the French and Indian War, stood about 200 feet north of here.