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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LVY_anchor-hotel_Walnutport-PA.html
Built in 1834, the Anchor Hotel was a 2 ½ story, 6 bay stone building which included a 2 story double veranda. It originally served as a rest stop and tavern for both canal boat crews and passengers. The Anchor has served Walnutport as an inn…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LVX_lehigh-canal_Walnutport-PA.html
Completed in 1829 under the guidance of entrepreneur Josiah White, this 46 mile canal was constructed in only two years. Operated by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, this hand dug canal contained 52 locks and 8 dams. Canal boats transported…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LVW_lehigh-river_Walnutport-PA.html
Once owned by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, the Lehigh River was the only privately owned river in the United States. In 1818 the Pennsylvania Legislature gave the company the right to make the river navigable for the transportation of c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LVS_floating-from-mine-to-market_Walnutport-PA.html
The Lehigh Navigation, built by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, was used to transport anthracite coal from mines in north eastern Pennsylvania to New York, Easton, Philadelphia, and beyond. Workers dug much of the canal by hand, constructi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IHV_john-fritz_Bethlehem-PA.html
The famed mechanical engineer was superintendent of Johnstown's Cambria Iron Works, 1854-60, & Bethlehem Iron Company, 1860-92. Pioneered in production of rails and armor plate. A Lehigh trustee, he endowed the engineering laboratory here.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IDV_catherine-drinker-bowen_Bethlehem-PA.html
Author & historian. Her works include books on Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. "Yankee from Olympus", Sir Edward Coke "Lion and the Throne", & the U.S. Constitution "Miracle at Philadelphia". She lived here during her fath…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ICS_charles-m-schwab_Bethlehem-PA.html
American industrialist and pioneer of the US steel industry. Schwab established Bethlehem Steel Corporation in 1904. By World War I, it was among the largest steel producers in the world and a major contributor to the war effort. Schwab's South Be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ICH_bethlehem-steel-plant_Bethlehem-PA.html
Headquartered here, it was one of the most important iron and steel manufacturers in the nation. In 1863, Bethlehem Iron Co. began producing railroad rails. Steel manufacturing began in 1873 with armor plate and guns forged for the US Navy. The pl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C5H_1910-bethlehem-steel-strike_Bethlehem-PA.html
In February, 1910, over 9,000 steelworkers went on strike over wages, overtime, and work conditions. A striker was shot and killed here during hostilities that ensued. The subsequent federal investigation substantiated workers' claims and contribu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16VJ_maurice-k-goddard_Easton-PA.html
Serving under five governors from 1955-1979 as Secretary of the Department of Forests and Waters and the Department of Environmental Resources, "Doc" Goddard expanded the state park system, led efforts to professionalize state government, and was …