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  2. Lehigh Gorge State Park - Wikipedia

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    Lehigh Gorge was a resort area for a brief time at the turn of the 20th century. Railroads operated tourist lines that led to a resort area at Glen Onoko. The resort hotel there had 47 rooms, tennis courts, a dance pavilion, and trails that led to the scenic Glen Onoko Falls. This area was very popular with people seeking to get away from the ...

  3. Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Central Railroad of New Jersey Station in Jim Thorpe, now a visitors center. Jim Thorpe was founded in 1818 as Mauch Chunk (/ ˌ m ɔː k ˈ tʃ ʌ ŋ k /), a name derived from the term Mawsch Unk, meaning Bear Place in Unami, the language of the native Lenape, possibly a reference to Bear Mountain, an extension of Mauch Chunk Ridge that resembled a sleeping bear, or perhaps the original ...

  4. Lake Harmony, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    In 1913, Frederick Charles Brenckman wrote: The region about Lake Harmony has in recent years become quite popular as a summer resort. Numerous cottages or bungalows have been erected, principally by people from Mauch Chunk and Allentown, while many, lured by the cool breezes and quietness of the retreat, spend a portion of the heated term of each year as campers on the shores of the lake.

  5. Lehigh Gorge Trail - Wikipedia

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    The Lehigh Gorge Trail has a fine crushed stone surface suitable for hiking and cycling. The 25-mile (40 km) downhill grade from White Haven to Jim Thorpe makes the trail popular with cyclists who use various shuttle services from the Jim Thorpe area to reach the White Haven trail head, for an easy "downhill" pedal.

  6. Switchback Railroad Trail - Wikipedia

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    A map of Switchback Railroad Trail in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. The Lehigh Switchback Rail-Trail is a rail trail in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. [1] The trail surface is natural, consisting of dirt, roots, rocks, and occasional coal chunks. The trail runs downhill on the former right-of-way of the Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway from Summit Hill to ...

  7. Carbon County, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    In 1827, Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company, based in present-day Jim Thorpe, launched the Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway, the nation's second operating railroad. [ 5 ] [ 8 ] The Beaver Meadow Railroad and Coal Company , also located in Carbon County, was the first railway to operate steam locomotives as traction engines and prime movers in the ...

  8. Pennsylvania Route 93 - Wikipedia

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    Pennsylvania Route 93 (PA 93) is a 41-mile-long (66 km) state route located in Carbon, Luzerne, and Columbia counties in northeastern Pennsylvania.The southern terminus is at U.S. Route 209 (US 209) in Nesquehoning, about halfway from PA just north of the 1800s community of Lausanne Landing, the southern toll station of the Lausanne & Nescopeck Turnpike (1804)—along whose path (east of the ...

  9. Old Mauch Chunk Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The Old Mauch Chunk Historic District is a national historic district located in Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 28 contributing buildings in the central business district of Jim Thorpe. It includes residential and commercial buildings in a number of popular architectural styles, including Italianate.

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