In 1900, a few rich businessmen built a summer home on a hidden hillside nook.
The bucolic, laurel-covered plateau on Locust Mountain at Tamaqua featured a pond fed by fresh mountain springs.
Yet, odd.
In the late 1800s, a popular way to cross Puget Sound was by ferry. The boats were then owned and operated by privately run steam-powered ships. In 1888 the
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