<p>Mauch Chunk, now Jim Thorpe, was established on the Lehigh River as a shipping depot for anthracite coal in 1818 by Josiah White, a Philadelphia Quaker and brilliant engineer, and his trusted business partner, Erskine Hazard. By 1829, White and Hazard had founded the Lehigh Coal &amp; Navigation Company and built an efficient transportation system that moved coal nine miles over the mountains to Mauch Chunk by Switchback Gravity Railroad, and forty-six miles along the Lehigh Canal to Easton. With the arrival of the railroads, the Switchback became a major tourist attraction. As rail excursionists descended on Mauch Chunk to experience a hair-raising ride on America's first roller coaster and enjoy the magnificent scenery, the coal shipping town, billed by the railroads as "the Switzerland of America," became a tourist destination second in popularity to Niagara Falls. In a story stranger than fiction, the town exchanged its name for the name of Jim Thorpe when the 1912 Olympic hero was laid to rest there in 1954. Through an extraordinary collection of photographs, Jim Thorpe (Mauch Chunk) tells the story of the athlete and his burial, the Switchback Gravity Railroad, the Lehigh Canal, the social scene, and the town's Victorian legacy.</p>

Jim Thorpe (Mauch Chunk) (PA) (Images of America)

Arts & Photography

John H. Drury, Jr. and

JoAn Gilbert

Photography & Video

Arcadia Publishing

Mule Boy presents the history and operation of Pennsylvania's Lehigh and Delaware canals through the fictional adventures of a boating family, the Oberfeldts.

Mule Boy:

Canal History and Technology Press

<p>What you'll find in this book? No duplication of stories between this book and Missouri Ghosts 2nd Edition. and More Missouri Ghosts. A few surprises: like the fact that world-famous psychic Sylvia Browne was born in Missouri and spent the first third of her life here. A few chills: like the hodded, floating entity that appeared to two young men at the same time - in an apartment in Kansas City's Paeseo. Most of all, perhaps: You will find here reinforcement for your interest in the paranormal : the book is full of short quotations from famous people and with some detailed accounts of their experiences, Mark Twain, for one. And the bibliography will lead you to many other useful sources of information.</p>

Missouri Ghosts III

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Mogho Press

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