Ghosts of the Molly Maguires?
by Betty Lou McBride & Kathleen McBride Sisack
Soft cover, 128 pgs
$12.95
by Betty Lou McBride & Kathleen McBride Sisack
Soft cover, 128 pgs
$12.95
For over a decade unsuspecting visitors to the Old Jail Museum in Jim Thorpe,
PA, have reported unusual experiences within the walls of this jail-turned-
museum. Ghosts of the Molly Maguires? is a compilation of these first-hand
reports. Through these accounts readers can wander the Old Jail’s cold
hallways, past Cell 17 with its mysterious handprint on the wall, under the
gallows on which seven of the accused Molly Maguires were put to death, and
down into the eerie dungeon where even the jail’s guides won’t venture after
dark. Along with these tales from the jail, readers also learn the history of the Old
Jail and its most famous inmates: the Molly Maguires.
PA, have reported unusual experiences within the walls of this jail-turned-
museum. Ghosts of the Molly Maguires? is a compilation of these first-hand
reports. Through these accounts readers can wander the Old Jail’s cold
hallways, past Cell 17 with its mysterious handprint on the wall, under the
gallows on which seven of the accused Molly Maguires were put to death, and
down into the eerie dungeon where even the jail’s guides won’t venture after
dark. Along with these tales from the jail, readers also learn the history of the Old
Jail and its most famous inmates: the Molly Maguires.
The Molly Maguires
by Anthony Bimba
Soft cover, 144 pgs
$10.95
by Anthony Bimba
Soft cover, 144 pgs
$10.95
In 1932, Bimba reconstructed a “forgotten chapter” in the history of
American labor, revealing the true nature of the so-called Molly
Maguires as pioneers & martyrs in a determined struggle of the
Pennsylvania anthracite region miners to improve their miserable
working conditions during the 1870s.
American labor, revealing the true nature of the so-called Molly
Maguires as pioneers & martyrs in a determined struggle of the
Pennsylvania anthracite region miners to improve their miserable
working conditions during the 1870s.
Postcard History Series: Carbon County
by Rebecca Rabenold-Finsel
Soft cover, 128 pages
$19.95
From the quintessential charm of Jim Thorpe’s magnificent
historic district to the mining towns & mountain retreats of
Carbon County, writer & poet Rebecca Rabenold-Finsel reveals
each town’s unique past through a profusion of penny postcards
compiled from some of the finest collections of vintage
postcards.
by Rebecca Rabenold-Finsel
Soft cover, 128 pages
$19.95
From the quintessential charm of Jim Thorpe’s magnificent
historic district to the mining towns & mountain retreats of
Carbon County, writer & poet Rebecca Rabenold-Finsel reveals
each town’s unique past through a profusion of penny postcards
compiled from some of the finest collections of vintage
postcards.
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Jim Thorpe (Mauch Chunk)
by John H. Drury & Joan Gilbert
Soft cover, 128 pages
$21.99
Mauch Chunk, now Jim Thorpe, was established on the Lehigh River as a shipping
depot for anthracite coal in 1818 by Josiah White and Erskine Hazard. By 1829, White
and Hazard had founded the Lehigh Coal & 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.
by John H. Drury & Joan Gilbert
Soft cover, 128 pages
$21.99
Mauch Chunk, now Jim Thorpe, was established on the Lehigh River as a shipping
depot for anthracite coal in 1818 by Josiah White and Erskine Hazard. By 1829, White
and Hazard had founded the Lehigh Coal & 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.
Summit Hill
by Lee Mantz
Soft cover, 128 pages
$21.99
While walking along the top of Sharp Mountain in 1791, Philip Ginder kicked up a
piece of black stone that turned out to be anthracite coal. This discovery paved the
way for a million-dollar coal industry that thrived for more than a century and
spawned the birth of Summit Hill. In early 1827, a nine-mile stretch of the
Switchback Gravity Railroad was built for the purpose of hauling coal from Summit
Hill to the Lehigh River in Mauch Chunk. By the end of the century, the Switchback
was the number two tourist attraction in America, second only to Niagara Falls.
Many of the early buildings are no longer standing, but thanks to postcards and
photographers of the time, many images of Summit Hill's lost places have been
preserved.
by Lee Mantz
Soft cover, 128 pages
$21.99
While walking along the top of Sharp Mountain in 1791, Philip Ginder kicked up a
piece of black stone that turned out to be anthracite coal. This discovery paved the
way for a million-dollar coal industry that thrived for more than a century and
spawned the birth of Summit Hill. In early 1827, a nine-mile stretch of the
Switchback Gravity Railroad was built for the purpose of hauling coal from Summit
Hill to the Lehigh River in Mauch Chunk. By the end of the century, the Switchback
was the number two tourist attraction in America, second only to Niagara Falls.
Many of the early buildings are no longer standing, but thanks to postcards and
photographers of the time, many images of Summit Hill's lost places have been
preserved.
Jim Thorpe in the 20th Century
by John H. Drury & Joan Gilbert
Soft cover, 128 pages
$19.99
Jim Thorpe in the 20th Century examines the causes and effects of a community’s
decision to relinquish its Native American name Mauch Chunk (“Bear Mountain”) to
become the town of Jim Thorpe. In the 19th century, Mauch Chunk rode a wave of
prosperity, as coal shipping and tourism turned ordinary men into millionaires. In the
20th century, the mainstays of the town’s economy began to tumble like dominoes:
mule-drawn coal boats could not compete with the iron horse, ending Mauch Chunk’
s days as a canal town by 1922; the touristattracting Switchback Gravity Railroad,
unable to afford parts, closed in 1932; the coal mines and working railroads
collapsed, as industry, home heating, and trucking turned to petroleum. Downand-
out by the mid-1900s, Mauch Chunk was looking for a means of saving itself when
the widow of 1912 Olympian Jim Thorpe proposed a stranger-than-fiction solution.
by John H. Drury & Joan Gilbert
Soft cover, 128 pages
$19.99
Jim Thorpe in the 20th Century examines the causes and effects of a community’s
decision to relinquish its Native American name Mauch Chunk (“Bear Mountain”) to
become the town of Jim Thorpe. In the 19th century, Mauch Chunk rode a wave of
prosperity, as coal shipping and tourism turned ordinary men into millionaires. In the
20th century, the mainstays of the town’s economy began to tumble like dominoes:
mule-drawn coal boats could not compete with the iron horse, ending Mauch Chunk’
s days as a canal town by 1922; the touristattracting Switchback Gravity Railroad,
unable to afford parts, closed in 1932; the coal mines and working railroads
collapsed, as industry, home heating, and trucking turned to petroleum. Downand-
out by the mid-1900s, Mauch Chunk was looking for a means of saving itself when
the widow of 1912 Olympian Jim Thorpe proposed a stranger-than-fiction solution.
