A Guide to the PROPERTY OWNERS

In the VILLAGE of

rockport,

IN THE TOWNSHIP OF Lehigh,

CARBON COUNTY, pa.

In

1875

The village of Rockport was first known as “Grog Hollow”, its beginnings going back to the days just before the coal boom when the Moravians had a lumbering settlement there. The lumberjacks often took their pay in grog, the alcoholic drink. The village lies in a narrow ravine through which runs the Laurel Creek on its way to the Lehigh River. As it approaches the river, the ravine grows ever narrower with the mountains rising precipitously on either side. Asa Lansford Foster’s early gravity railroad had its terminus here, bringing coal from the mining site at Buck Mt. The tunnel for this line, built by Foster’s Buck Mt. Coal Co. about 1839, is the only remaining vestige of that railroad. The flood of 1862 brought an end to canal operations near the village, but this was soon supplant-ed by the railroad indus-try. Other rail lines connected with the Buck Mt. collieries, the old gravity line to Rock-port was abandoned. The Rockport Hotel operated for many years and was known as a resort where visitors could partake the healthy mountain air. Though much reduced in size, the picturesque village remains in the hollow and is now a gateway to the Lehigh Gorge State Park.

PROPERTY OWNER	NOTES	PROPERTY OWNER	NOTES
Beer, A		Ginder, Philip
Beer, A.		Healy, M.
Beer, A.		Koons, Elizabeth
Beer, A.	Empty lot	Laughlin, P.
Brown, J.	Flag Stone Quarry	Lorish	Estate
Buck Mtn. Coal Co.		Lorish	Estate
Buck Mtn. Coal Co.		McGill, Charles	Property includes the Rockport Hotel
Burns, John J.		O'Donnel, W.
Cannon, J.		Owner not named	Ice House
Cannon, J.		Purcell
Cannon, J.		School
Conner, P.		Serfass, J.
Culp, Wm.		Serfass, R.
Diel, W.		Stetler, George	Store & Post Office
Dodendarve, E.		Taylor, B.	Boot and Shoe Mfy.
Fruit, R. C.		Taylor, W. B.

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Jack Sterling

September 2002