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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MMP_philip-ginter_Summit-Hill-PA.html
While hunting, Ginter discovered anthracite on Sharp Mountain here in 1791. He showed it to Col. Jacob Weiss, a prominent area settler. In 1792 Weiss and others formed the Lehigh Coal Mine Co., the first Anthracite company and a forerunner of Lehi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MMO_philip-ginder_Summit-Hill-PA.html
Discovered coal near here in 1791
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MMN_world-war-i-memorial_Summit-Hill-PA.html
To the veterans of the World War. Upon right, reliant Against wrong, defiant.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MMM_switchback-railroad_Summit-Hill-PA.html
A gravity railroad was built along this mountain in 1827 to carry coal from the mines near Summit Hill to the Lehigh Canal at Mauch Chunk. A back-track and two planes were added in 1844 for the return trip by gravity. Railroad crossed the highway …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MMK_soldiers-monument_Summit-Hill-PA.html
To all the defenders of the Union
from Summit Hill and Panther Valley
and to their parents and wives.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLKA_the-self-made-man_Jim-Thorpe-PA.html
First Marker:The Self Made Man"...there is no distinction to which any young man may not aspier, and with energy, diligence, intelligence, and virtue, obtain."From Asa Packer's 1867 biography"The Rich Men of the World and How they Gained their Wea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLK8_from-mountain-to-market_Jim-Thorpe-PA.html
"A few miles above Easton, the Lehigh was pocked with white water at alomst every turning. To navigate it seemed impossible."Josiah White, Co-founder of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Pennsylvania's anthracite (hard coal) lay entombed w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLK6_anthracite_Jim-Thorpe-PA.html
This black diamond is a piece of the mammoth coal vein found in the Panther Valley. It was placed here on August 28, 1976 as a monument to the enterprising spirit of men such as Josiah White and Erskine Hazard, whose early pioneering efforts produ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLHI_molly-maguire-executions_Jim-Thorpe-PA.html
On June 21, 1877, four "Molly Maguires," an alleged secret society of Irish mine-workers, were hanged here. Pinkerton detective James McParlan's testimony led to convictions for violent crimes against the coal industry, yet the facts of the labor,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLHH_packer-mansion_Jim-Thorpe-PA.html
Standing on the nearby hill is the home of Asa Packer, industrialist, philanthropist, congressman and founder of Lehigh University. The ornate mansion, built in 1860, has been carefully preserved with its original furnishings and is maintained as …