Beers’ Atlas of Carbon County, 1875
The village of Black Creek got its start in 1825 when Benjamin Romig, Sr. built a sawmill and house on the west side of the Black Creek. This marks the founding of Weatherly. The village remained small until 1836 when the Beaver Meadow Railroad was completed to this point. In 1840 the railroad moved its shops from Beaver Meadow to Weatherly in order to cut out the steep inclines between the two villages. It was easier to repair engines at the base of the plane than at the top. In 1848 a post office was opened in the town and the name changed from Black Creek to Weatherly. The town thrived for the next few decades, becoming a borough in 1863. Its railroad shops were a center of innovation and invention in the early railroading industry. In the late 19th century the railroads began to pull out of the town, but new industries were brought in to take their place. The town today is mainly a bedroom community.
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Click
here for the Beers’ 1875 map of Weatherly
(Be patient, it is a large map)
Many thanks to Susan Gilkeson at the Dimmick Library for helping with the Weatherly map!
Also thanks to Jack Koehler, the Weatherly historian, for some of the history used above.
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