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Historic Towns in the Lehigh Valley

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Historic Towns in the Lehigh Valley Allentown Bethlehem Easton Nazareth Hazleton Jim Thorpe Wilkes-Barre. Allentown was a rural village founded in 1762 by William Allen, Chief Justice of Colonial Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court, known as Northampton town. A thriving town with roots in the iron industry, by 1829 Allentown expanded from a small Pennsylvania Dutch village of farmers and tradesmen to a center of commerce. With the opening of the Lehigh Canal, many canal workers made their homes here Barre

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The Delaware Lehigh and Hudson Valleys

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Traveling with Knowledge Tourism Delaware Lehigh Hudson is comprised of Philadelphia, the Delaware and Lehigh River Valleys north of the city, New York City and the Hudson Valley which extends 150 miles above the tip of Manhattan. Designated as a National Heritage Area, the valley is steeped in history, natural beauty, culture, food and farmers’… Continue reading The Delaware Lehigh and Hudson Valleys

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Bethlehem Pennsylvania and its Historic Districts

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Bethlehem was named on Christmas Eve, 1741, by a group of Moravians who relocated from North Carolina and settled at the confluence of the Lehigh River and Monocacy Creek. The canal and the railroads lured large-scale industry to the south bank of the Lehigh River and the Bethlehem Iron Co., soon dominated the town’s economy… Continue reading Bethlehem Pennsylvania and its Historic Districts