Quakertown (Images of America) by Carolyn E. Potser,John T. Pilecki,Nancy Walp Bosworth

By Carolyn E. Potser,John T. Pilecki,Nancy Walp Bosworth

English and Welsh Quakers relocating north from Philadelphia have been the 1st eu settlers to return to Quakertown within the early eighteenth century. German immigrants quickly later on and, including their associates, shaped this various group. The earliest cost, starting in 1716 and referred to as wealthy Land, the trail of the stagecoach on its direction from Philadelphia to Allentown. this present day, that direction is major road, which has retained its outdated meetinghouse and crimson Lion resort. historic locations reminiscent of those, in addition to numerous memorable humans, occasions, and legends, make up Quakertown, a desirable photographic checklist of this historical neighborhood. Quakertown was once integrated in 1855 and have become a spot the place company and succeeded, leaders built a revered institution procedure, and volunteers equipped their efforts to supply safety and providers to citizens. the beautiful photos in Quakertown not just chronicle actual alterations that experience happened over a hundred and fifty years but additionally show the industrious and cooperative spirit of the folk who formed the town.

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