History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. I, Part 1

Author: Roberts, Charles Rhoads; Stoudt, John Baer, 1878- joint comp; Krick, Thomas H., 1868- joint comp; Dietrich, William Joseph, 1875- joint comp; Lehigh County Historical Society
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: Allentown, Pa. : Lehigh Valley Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 1158


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HISTORY


OF


LEHIGH COUNTY


PENNSYLVANIA


AND A GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL. RECORD OF ITS FAMILIES


BY


CHARLES RHOADS ROBERTS,


Member of Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Lehigh County Historical Society, Pennsylvania German Society, Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution, Historian Newhard Family.


REV. JOHN BAER STOUDT,


Member of Pennsylvania German Society, Society of American Folklore, Historical Society of Berks County, Lehigh County Historical Society, Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society, Historian of the Baer Family, Author of History of the Western Salisbury Reformed Congregation, Fifteen Years of Grace, Life and Times of Col. John Siegfried, The Riddles and Nursery Rhymes of the Pennsylvania Germans.


REV. THOMAS H. KRICK,


Member of Pennsylvania German Society, Historical Society of Berks County, Lehigh County Historical Society, Historian of the Krick, High and Overholtzer Family Associations.


WILLIAM J. DIETRICH,


Member of Pennsylvania German Society, Historical Society of Berks County, Lehigh County Historical Society, Bucks County Historical Society, and Author of Dietrich Families in America.


IN TWO VOLUMES-Illustrated


VOL. I.


LEHIGH VALLEY PUBLISHING COMPANY, LTD. ALLENTOWN, PA. 1914


COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY LEHIGH VALLEY PUBLISHING CO.


PRESS OF UNITED EVANGELICAL PUBLISHING HOUSE, HARRISBURG, PA.


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RESOLUTIONS BY THE LEHIGH COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.


WHEREAS, The year 1912 marks the close of the first century of Lehigh's ex- istence as a separate county, and


WHEREAS, Lehigh county embraces one of the most historic sections of the state of Pennsylvania, and


WHEREAS, No separate and complete history of the county has ever been pub- lished, and


WHEREAS, It is the sense of the Lehigh County Historical Society and the county in general that such a publication would fittingly commemorate this event; therefore, - be it


Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed by the society to compile and ar- range for the publication of the same.


The following constitutes the committee :


Charles R. Roberts, Rev. John B. Stoudt, Rev. Thomas K. Krick, William J. Dietrich, and Miss Minnie F. Mickley.


RESOLUTION BY THE ALLENTOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.


The Lehigh County Historical Society having appointed a Historical Committee to compile the history of the county for 1912; the Chamber of Commerce of Allen- town hereby endorses the publication of such a history and approves of the plan of pub- lishing such history by the Historical Society.


January 9, 19II.


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FOREWORD.


The first History of Lehigh County appeared in a volume issued by Prof. I. D. Rupp, in 1845, containing histories of Northampton, Lehigh, Carbon, Monroe, and Schuylkill counties. In 1860 Mathew S. Henry's History of The Lehigh Valley, containing a history of the county, was pub- lished; and in 1884 Mathew and Hungerford's History of Lehigh and Carbon counties appeared. Besides these, two biographical publications, containing portraits and biographies of some of the Le- high county families, were issued-Portraits and Biographical Records of Lehigh, Northampton, and Carbon counties, by the Chapman Pub. Co., in 1894, and The Lehigh Valley, by the Lewis Pub. Co., in 1905.


No separate history of the county and its people having been issued and there being a general desire for such a work the Lehigh County Historical Society appointed the committee whose names appear on the preceding page to compile and publish a history of the county and to include genealog- ical data and biographical sketches as a fitting memorial to mark the centennial of the county.


The committee immediately after their appointment organized a staff of assistants, and now, after four years of united efforts present this work. Owing to unavoidable circumstances Miss Min- nie F. Mickley was unable to assist in the editorial work; nevertheless she co-operated with the com- mittee in the compiling of the genealogies of some of the early and prominent families. Chapters not specially denoted were prepared by the committee.


The chapter on Geology was prepared by Prof. Benj. L. Miller, Ph.D .; on Flora, by Harold W. Pretz, A.M .; The German Pioneers, by Rev. George W. Richards, D.D .; The Delaware Indians, by Alfred F. Berlin; The History of the Borough of Alburtis, by Rev. Frank P. Laros; Catasauqua, by William H. Glase, Esq .; Coopersburg, by Hon. Frank B. Heller; Fountain Hill and West Bethlehem, by Clarence E. Beckel; Macungie, by O. P. Knauss. Of the histories of the townships Wilbur L. King compiled Hanover ; Adam P. Frey, Esq., Lowhill ; Hon. James A. Miller, Lynn; Rev. M. B. Schmoyer, Lower Macungie; Rev. Frank P. Laros, Upper Macungie; Hon. Frank B. Heller, Upper Saucon; Ralph T. Sowden, M.D., Washington, and Sol. Rupp, Esq., Weissenberg.


In addition to the above named contributors the committee is indebted to the following :


The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the publishers of the Republikaner and the Friedenbote, for the use of their files, and to Morton L. Montgomery, Benj. F. Trexler, Prof. W. J. Hincke, D.D., Col. S. D. Lehr, Andrew Keck, Hon. James L. Schaadt, Charles Ziegenfuss, Sr., Major Frank D. Beary, Lewis Balliet, M.D., Prof. J. O.Knauss, Prof. J. P. Deibert, Henry D. Gross, Wil- liam Grosscup, Tilghman Neimeyer, Prof. H. J. Reinhard, Rev. J. F. Lambert, Rev. A. O. Ebert, Wm. L. Hartman, James Hausman, Capt. H. C. Wagner, F. C. Seiberling, M.D., C. D. Weirbach, Wilson A. Wert, Esq., Elmer C. Kistler, Esq., Thos. P. Wenner, Samuel B. Lewis, James G. Rausch, Wilson K. Peter, E. M. Handwerk, Edward Randall, Nathan Bartholomew, E. J. Guth, T. L. Wieand, William H. Henninger, W. H. Reitz, H. H. Romig, John S. Matchette, C. D. Schaeffer, M.D., H. I. Klopp, M.D., Lewis B. Erdman, Sarah Brobst, and many others whose courtesies, val- uable assistance and support has made this Centennial History possible.


Confident that its value will be more and more appreciated as the years go by, this work is en- trusted to its subscribers and readers.


COMMITTEE. October 1, 1914.


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TABLE OF CONTENTS.


PAGES.


PAGES.


CHAPTER I.


CHAPTER XIX.


Geology,


I-14


Allentown from 1762-1811,


388-416


CHAPTER II.


CHAPTER XX.


Flora,


CHAPTER III.


15-17


Allentown as a Borough, 1811-1867, .


417-446


CHAPTER XXI.


Delaware Indians,


18-40


Allentown as a City, 1867-1914,


447-494


CHAPTER XXII.


German Pioneers,


41-53


Churches,


495-556


CHAPTER


XXIII.


Borough of Alburtis,


557-564


CHAPTER


XXIV.


Borough of Catasauqua,


565-630


CHAPTER


XXV.


Borough of Coplay,


631-634


CHAPTER XXVI.


Borough of Coopersburg,


635-640


CHAPTER


XXVII.


CHAPTER IX.


Borough of Emaus,


641-655


Fries Rebellion,


166-21I


CHAPTER XXVIII.


Borough of Fountain Hill,


656-658


CHAPTER


XXIX.


Borough of Macungie,


659-672


Bench and Bar,


224-247


CHAPTER XII.


Borough of Slatington,


673-695


Education in the County,


248-276


CHAPTER XIII.


Newspapers,


277-283


CHAPTER XIV.


CHAPTER XXXII.


Borough of Bethlehem (West Side), .


698-704


CHAPTER


XXXIII.


CHAPTER XVI.


Charitable Institutions,


358-372


Heidelberg Township,


717-737


CHAPTER XVII.


CHAPTER XXXV.


Internal Improvements,


373-384


Lowhill Township,


738-751


CHAPTER XVIII.


CHAPTER XXXVI.


Census of the County,


385-387


Lower Macungie Township,


752-765


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CHAPTER XXXI.


Borough of South Allentown,


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696-697


Medical Profession, .


284-297


CHAPTER XV.


War Periods,


298-357


Hanover Township,


705-716


CHAPTER


XXXIV.


Organization of Lehigh County,


212-223


CHAPTER XI.


CHAPTER XXX.


CHAPTER X.


French and Indian War,


75-99


CHAPTER VII.


Indian Massacre of 1763,


100-113


CHAPTER VIII.


Revolutionary War,


114-165


CHAPTER VI.


First Settlement as Part of Bucks


County,


54-74


CHAPTER IV.


CHAPTER V.


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TABLE OF CONTENTS.


PAGES.


PAGES.


CHAPTER XXXVII.


CHAPTER XLIV.


Upper Milford Township,


766-794


Upper Saucon Township,


922-948


CHAPTER XXXVIII.


CHAPTER XLV.


Lower Milford Township,


795-809


Washington Township,


949-966


Lynn Township,


CHAPTER XL.


Weissenberg Township,


967-999


North Whitehall,


841-866


CHAPTER XLVII.


CHAPTER XLI.


Whitehall Township,


1000-1032


Salisbury Township,


867-881


CHAPTER XLVIII.


CHAPTER XLII.


Industries,


1033-1089


South Whitehall Township,


882-903


CHAPTER XLIII.


CHAPTER XLIX.


Upper Macungie Township,


904-921


Family Reunions,


1090-1093


CHAPTER


XXXIX.


810-840


CHAPTER XLVI.


INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIONS.


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Map of Lehigh County, Frontispiece


St. John's Lutheran Church, . 510


Indian Implements, 29


St. Peter's Lutheran Church, 512


Indian Ornaments, . 34-35


St. Michael's Lutheran Church, 513


Zeisloff House, Lynn Township, 80


St. Luke's Lutheran Church, 516


Sechler House, Lynn Township, 90


Group of Churches, 518


Map Showing Indian Trails and Kern's Mill, Slatington, 94


Calvary M. E. Church, Bet-Hügel,


522


Map of Massacre of 1763, 106


Grove House,


527


Fort Deshler (1860), (1910), II2


Churches of Evangelical Association, Allentown, .


529


Allentown College for Women, 270


Trinity U. E. Church, 534


Bishopthorpe Manor, 272


United Evangelical Churches, Allen- town, 5.36


Bethlehem Preparatory School, 274


Facsimile Jugend Freund, 283


Rev. John Schell, 540


Phobe Deaconess and Old Folks Home, .


365


Rev. Solomon Neitz,


541


Good Shepherd Home, 366


Rev. Jos. M. Saylor,


541


Allentown Hospital, 1898-1902, 368


Rev. Moses Dissinger, 542


Rev. B. J. Smoyer, 543


544


Rhoads House,


389


Deshler's Mill,


394


Ebenezer Holiness Church,


545


Original Plan of Allentown, 1762,.


Zion U. B. Church, 547


Allen Coat of Arms,


398


Immaculate Church, 552


William Allen (Chief Justice),


399


Sacred Heart Church, 554


St. John's Baptist Church,


555


Anne Penn Allen,


407


James Greenleaf,


407


Trout Hall,


410


Memorial Presbyterian Church, 563


CATASAQUA-


Catasauqua (1852) 567


Early Fire Engine, 571


Eagle Brewery, 574


Crane Iron Works, 576


Views of Allentown, 450


Mauser and Cressman Mill, 579


View of Center Square ( 1876), 452


Wahnetah Silk Mill,


580


Fire of Center Square ( 1876), 452


Goldsmith Planing Mill, 582


584


School Buildings, 460


Views of Dorney and Central Parks, 470


Eighth Street Bridge,


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Pine Street Bridge,


587


Post Office,


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Allentown Band, 484


Fraternal Houses, 490


Zion's Church (1773),


496 497


Zion's Reformed Church,


498


St. John's Reformed Church, 50I


Christ Reformed Church,


504


Trinity Lutheran Church, 612


Soldiers' Monument, 618


Lincoln School House, 621


Bank Notes, 627


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Wahnetah Silk Mill and West Catasau- qua, 585


Picturesque Scenes, 473


George Taylor House ( 1768),


603


First Church, 605


First Presbyterian Church, 607


Grace M. E. Church, 609


St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 610


St. Paul's, Interior View, Church, 611


St. Andrew's Reformed Church, 505


Brick Church (1856), 508


St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Ch'ch, 509


ALBURTIS-


Christ Chapel,


561


Allentown in (1830),


419


Allentown in (1845),


429


Allentown in (1853),


436


Old School House,


438


View from Square ( 1862), 442


Fire Engine Houses, . 455


Dery Silk Mill,


Waldheim Park, 544


Allen Tract, 397


Grace U. B. Church, 546


James Allen, 404


Rev. David Mertz,


ALLENTOWN-


Allentown Hospital, 1912, 369


526


Muhlenberg College, 267


Rev. Abraham Blumer,


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INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIONS.


PAGE.


National Bank, 628


Lehigh National Bank, 629


COPLAY-


Washington School Building, 631


Schreiber Homestead, 632


National Bank, 634


COOPERSBURG-


Boyè Residence, 639


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Everett Home (1763), 644


Moravian Church ( 1748), 647


Jacob Ehrenhardt Home, 649


St. John's Union Church, 652


MACUNGIE-


Grandy Miller, 660


Nescoe Meeting House, 661


Grace Lutheran Church, 662


Singmaster Homestead, 665


Sallade Home, 667


Singmaster Tannery, 668


Keystone Roller Mills, 669


SLATINGTON-


Kern's Mill, 673


Lehigh Gap, 675


Lower Main Street, 678


Firemen Fountain, 680


National Bank, 681


Slate Quarry, 686


North Main Street, 692


Firemen Monument, 694


SOUTH ALLENTOWN- Stuyvesant Silk Mill, 697


HANOVER TOWNSHIP-


Christ Union Church, 712


St. Peter's Union Church, 713


Beulah Park, 714


T. L. Wieand Cottage, 715


HEIDELBERG TOWNSHIP-


Bernhard Heff Homestead (1767), ..


722


Fritzinger Home, 729


Handwerk Homestead (1769), 769


Bear Rocks, 737


LOWER MACUNGIE TOWNSHIP-


Romig Homestead (1805),


753


Old Lehigh Church, 762


UPPER MILFORD TOWNSHIP-


Milestone, 778


Shimer Homestead, 784


Zionsville Reformed Church, 789


LOWER MILFORD TOWNSHIP- Milestone (1773), 795


Great Swamp Reformed Church, 805


LYNN TOWNSHIP-


Kistler Homestead, 813


Heinrich Fink Homestead, 814


Straub Homestead, 815


PAGE.


First Public House, New Tripoli,


Ebenezer Church, 830


NORTH WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP-


Paul Gross Homestead, 842


George Remeli Springhouse, 844


Hollenbach Mill, Sand Spring, 856


Kern Mill ( 1806), 857


Daniel Gross Home, 859


John Siegler Home, 861


SALISBURY TOWNSHIP-


Rev. Daniel Zellers, 867


Western Salisbury Union C'h ( 1819), 868


Western Salisbury Church, 869


Congregational Vessels and Schlatter Bible, 870


Eastern Salisbury Union Church, 873


Nunnermacher Homestead, 878


SOUTH WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP-


Jordan Reformed Church, 885


Leibelsperger Homestead, 890


Lorentz Guth Homestead (1745), 892


Troxell Homestead (1800), 894


Henry Guth Home, 897


Sieger Homestead, 899


Peter Troxell Homestead (1744), 902


Troxell Barn (1806), 903


UPPER SAUCON TOWNSHIP-


Map of Township, 924


Blue Church, 932 Owen's Hotel (1748), 938


Fiedensville Zinc Mines, 939


Frank B. Heller, 942


WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP --


Frederick Kern Homestead (1786), .. 951


House built in 1797, 953


Old House at Slatedale, 954


Henritzy Homestead (1790), 955


Residence of John F. Peters (1799), . 957


Devil's Pulpit, 959


WEISSENBERG TOWNSHIP-


Rupp Barn (1794), 971


Bleiler Homestead, 972


Ziegel Church, . 977-980-983


Helfrich Homestead, 985


WHITEHALL-


Map Showing Early Settlers, 1004


View of 180,000,000 Gallon Dam, ...


IOII


Winter Scene of 3,000,000 Gallon Res- ervoir, IO12


West Catasauqua High School Building, 1020


Fullerton School Building, IO2I


Stone Church at Egypt, 1785, 1023


Egypt Church, 1024


Mickley's Church, 1026


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INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIONS.


PAGE.


Hokendauqua Presbyterian Church, . 1027


Butz School House, 1028


School Building, Egypt, 1030


INDUSTRIES-


Bryden Horse-shoe Works, Catasauqua, 1047


Dent Hardware Company, Fullerton,. . 1049 Keystone Barrel Works, Allentown, . 1076


Kurtz Furniture Works, Fullerton, . .. 1052


Erich Establishment, Allentown, .. . . 1054


Interior of G. F. Erich Company's Office, 1055


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Queen City Silk Mill, 1060


H. J. Feldhege Silk Co., Egypt, 1061


McBride Bros. Silk Mill, Fullerton,. . 1062 National Silk Dyeing Co., 1064


Views of Cement Mills, 1068


Establishment of Lewis D. Clauss, 1075


Allentown Flint Bottle Company, 1077


Schlafer Bakery,


1083 H. Ray Haas & Company, Allentown, . 1087


Geo. L. Weisel, Marble Works, 1089


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CHAPTER I.


GEOLOGY BENJAMIN LEROY MILLER, PH.D. Professor of Geology in Lehigh University


INTRODUCTION


Ever since man began to exercise his reason- ing powers he has been seeking information con- cerning the existence of the various objects in Nature by which he is surrounded.


The sun, the moon, the stars, and the planets seem to have exercised the greatest attractions for primitive man and he early sought for explana- tions of their movements, their characteristics, and their origin. Many of the attempts to solve these problems now appear very crude to us and yet no doubt every effort put forth by honest and sincere investigators had some useful effect upon the development of the science of astronomy, in that each investigation probably resulted in the acquisition of some new scientific fact and each new theory proposed contained some truth. Fur- ther, each investigation acted as a stimulus to other men who may have had the same innate desire to learn the ways of Nature and to clear away her mysteries.


It seems strange that the science that deals with objects which we can never study except at long range should have first gained recognition, but it seems that astronomy long antedates the other natural sciences. Biology apparently de- veloped later when man began to observe the multiplicity of animals and plants and to note their resemblances and differences. Aristotle and others initiated the study by their attempts to classify living forms of life and by so doing laid the foundations for the modern sciences of Botany and Zoology. Gradually these have developed during succeeding centuries and with each ad- vance the keen insight of the leaders has discov- ered ever more and more problems awaiting so- lution.


As is so frequently the case, the commonplace objects that are ever with us were the ones long- est ignored. The soils which yielded the mineral matter for plants necessary for existence, the rocks which were used in the building of structures for shelter and protection, the streams which aided or interfered with man's work, the hills and mountains which protected or menaced early man were long disregarded, judging by our earliest


records. The unusual spectacular phenomena of Nature such as earthquakes and violent volcanic eruptions received much attention and aroused the interests of all beholders, but the ordinary geo- logic phenomena were overlooked.


The political history of almost any country shows the same tendencies, for most historians have ignored those periods when conditions were stable or have treated them lightly as of little consequence, while entering into detail in the de- scriptions of the wars and revolutions, the catas- trophes that have befallen the peoples, and the cataclysms by which governments have been over- thrown. Of far greater importance are the slow gradual changes that have ever been taking place, and these brief periods of turmoil should be regarded as merely incidents in the progressive development of men and nations.


Perhaps the chief reason for the rocks, soils, and other geologic phenomena so long escaping attention was the prevailing belief in the un- changeableness of the earth and its constituent ;. The earth was believed to have been brought ir .. o existence in the form which it at present possesses and to represent the ideas of the Creator whose plans it would be useless to attempt to fathom. Under such conditions of belief little more could be done than to tabulate some of the various kinds of minerals and rocks that were observed.


It is usually impossible to determine the date of the beginning of any great idea that has had far-reaching results. In regard to the time when the modern conception of Geology first began it is extremely difficult to fix any approximate date. It has, however, not been much more than one hundred years since the general recognition of the changing character of the constituents of the earth and the topographic features of the earth's surface. With the recognition of this funda- mental principle the rocks and hills acquired new interest. Each particle and collection of particles of the earth was seen to have had a past history both in regard to their constitution and their ar- rangement with respect to other bodies. Each pebble and grain of sand, each mountain range


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HISTORY OF LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.


and expansive plain, each continent and ocean basin assumed new importance, and investigators everywhere were stimulated to search for the criteria for the determination of past changes and for the means to forecast future conditions.


In this search Sir John Lyell demands especial mention as it was he who, in the forepart of the last century, most clearly emphasized the proposition that the earth had ever been changing from the beginning of its existence and that all these modifications had been accomplished by the operations of exactly the same forces of Nature that are still at work. It thus became necessary for the geologist to study with extreme care the work that is continually going on, by which rocks are being decomposed and disintegrated by the work of the active components of the atmosphere, the rain, the frost, the winds, the waves, the streams; the work of transportation by which particles are moved from one portion of the earth to another ; the forms assumed by the transported particles when finally deposited, and the result- ant topographic shapes of those places from whence the materials were removed ; and, in gen- eral, all the forces that are ever at work in dif- ferent parts of the world.


Only when data had been secured showing the results of changes now going on did it become possible to interpret the Past. But so ably have the past generations of geologists performed their work that we now generally recognize the criteria for deciphering the records of the past written indelibly in the rocks and hills that all may read who are willing to put forth the necessary ef- forts. To be sure, the geologic record, even as human records, is broken and sornetimes so nearly illegible that there may be a variety of interpreta- tions. But with a multitude of investigators continually seeking new facts in all parts of the world the record is becoming more clear, so that in most places it is possible to determine the great events through which the particular region has passed.


In human history it is convenient to make di- visions which we designate as eras, epochs, etc., and measure by years. In geologic history it is not possible to measure time by units as definite as years. Human history dates back only a few thousand years while the earth has been in ex- istence for millions of years. For this reason we divide geologic time into periods which may be ot cxtreme variation so far as intervals of time are concerned, but each of which over some large portion of the globe represents the beginning and culmination of some active process, and is sepa- rated by some great change from earlier and later periods.


The divisions of the geologic time scale that are recognized the world over are given in the table which follows. The oldest rocks are given at the base of the table.


GEOLOGICAL TIME SCALE.


Era


System


(approximately)


Quaternary . ..


Pleistocene or Glacial 280,000


Cenozoic


Pliocene.


Tertiary


Oligocene.


Eocene


( Cretaceous


Mesozoic


Jurassic


3,700,000


Triassic.


( Permian


5,550,000


fDevonian


5,550,000


Silurian


3,700,000


Paleozoic ‹


Ordovician.


3,700,000


Cambrian


5,550,000


Algonkian


31,500,000


Archean


?


Length of time in years since Archean period-62,950,000


In the above table the figures given for the duration of each period in years are admittedly merely estimates in which the margin of error is probably large, yet in a general way the table shows the approximate time intervals for each period. The names in italics show the periods represented by the surface rocks of Lehigh county.


PHYSIOGRAPHY OF LEHIGH COUNTY.


Lehigh county presents four types of topog- raphy that are so distinct that they are recog- nized by even the most casual observer. These are the South mountain hills, the limestone val- leys through which the Saucon, Little Lehigh, and Jordan creeks flow, the slate hills of the north-western portion of the county, and finally Blue mountain, which separates Lehigh from . Carbon and Schuylkill counties. .


South Mountain Region .- The term, "South Mountain," notwithstanding its general use, is scarcely an appropriate name for the hills that oc- cupy the southeastern portion of the county. In- stead of a single mountain it is a range of hills with a general northeast-southwest trend but with many divergent spurs extending into the lime- stone valleys. The region is much higher than the immediate surrounding country and extremely rugged. The highest elevation of these hills within Lehigh county is about one and one-half miles southeast of Alburtis where one prominence rises to the height of 1,080 feet above sea level. There are several points near Mountainville also with an elevation somewhat more than 1,000 feet. The crests of these hills in most places, however, are from 800 to 900 feet above sea level.




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