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Showing posts with label famous industrialists. Show all posts
Showing posts with label famous industrialists. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Davies and Thomas Company, Catasauqua, Lehigh County

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One final reminder: I will be signing copies of Laury's Island: The Lehigh Valley's Forgotten Park at the Laurys Station Volunteer ...
Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Crane Iron Works, Catasauqua, Lehigh County

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Before we get into this week's quest, I have a very exciting announcement. Next month I will be celebrating five years running this blog...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Christian Frederick Martin, Nazareth, Northampton County

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Happy Groundhog Day! One of these years I'll get out to Gobbler's Knob and meet the famous Punxsutawney Phil for myself. Yes, there...
Wednesday, May 19, 2021

American Institute of Mining Engineers, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County

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As I mentioned recently in my post about Colonel Jacob Stroud , I was invited to attend a historical event in Wilkes-Barre. It so happens th...
Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Bryden Horse Shoe Works, Catasauqua, Lehigh County

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Before I get started on today's post, I wanted to share something from the PHMC - today, January 15th, is Museum Selfie Day! Do you ...
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Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Packer Mansion, Jim Thorpe, Carbon County

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Before we get into the meat of today's post, I wanted to share a link that was sent to me by Karen Galle, from the PHMC office. She enj...
Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Burd Patterson, Pottsville, Schuylkill County

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Today we make the blog's first foray into Schuylkill County (that's "SKOO-kill," for those of you who aren't from aro...
Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Dery Silk Mill, Catasauqua, Lehigh County

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I ended up doing this week's blog post a few days later than usual, on account of some bad weather in my area. My internet was extreme...
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Saturday, June 30, 2018

First Cement, Coplay, Lehigh County

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The subject of this blog post is unique in that it's the only one of these historical markers which I can visit by taking a fairly shor...
Friday, May 25, 2018

David Thomas, Catasauqua, Lehigh County

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Well, they say it's best to start at the beginning. So to start this adventure, I set the quest marker on a small community that used t...
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