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References

Partial list of important references documenting the history of Catasauqua.  Where links not included, the info is sufficient to locate on the internet

  • www.newspapers.com.  Local papers include Der Lecha Caunty Patriot (in german), The Allentown Leader, The Allentown Democrat, The Mornigng Call.  No Catasauqua papers as of 2019 (Dispatch archives mostly lost during fire at Lincoln School).  Subscription required to access
  • History of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company. Published by Order of the Board of Managers, 1840
  • www.genealogytrails, Welcome to Northampton County, Pennsylvania’s 1843 History
  • History of the Lehigh Valley: containing a copious selection of the most interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc., etc., relating to its history and antiquities ; with complete history of all its internal improvements, progress of the coal and iron trade, manufactures, etc , Mathew Schropp Henry, January 1, 1860, Bixler & Corwin
  • Catasauqua in 1862 – home of the Lehigh Crane Iron Works
  • Catasauqua, 1864 – from the files of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Records
  • Fowler and Bailey 1873 Drawing/Map of Catasauqua, 1873
  • 1876 Lot Map – Borough of Catasauqua
  • Illustrated Atlas of Lehigh County, 1876
  • OFFICERS FOR NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, RECORD OF PENNSYLVANIA MARRIAGES, PRIOR TO 1810.  VOLUME II. HARRISBURG: LANE S. HART, STATE PRINTER, 1880. 
  • Manufacturing and Mercantile Resources of the Lehigh Valley, 1881
  • History of the Counties of Lehigh & Carbon in the Commonwealth of PA, Alfred Mathrews and Austin N. Hungerford. 1884
  • Portrait & Biographical Record of Lehigh, Northampton and Carbon Counties in PA, Chapman Publishing Co, 1894
  • Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of the Lehigh Valley, PA, by John W. Jordan, Edgar Moore Green and George T. Eddinger,  1905
  • Early History and Reminiscences of Catasauqua in Pennsylvania, by William H. Glace, 1914
  • A History of Catasauqua in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, by James F. Lambert and Henry G. Reinhard, 1914
  • History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Its Families: Volume 2 1, Lehigh County Historical Society, January 1, 1914, Lehigh Valley publishing Company, Limited
  • Our Town, Centennial History of Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, 1953
  • Historic Catasauqua Preservation Association House Tour Brochures, from 1985 to 2016 (available at HCPA)
  • A Profile of the Boroughs:  Catasauqua (Lehigh County) and North Catasauqua (Northampton County), PA , by Roberta Burkhardt and Judy Gemmel, Historic Catasauqua Preservation Association, 1992 – “The Blue Book”
  • A History of the Iron Industry and Allied Businesses of the Iron Borough, Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, by Dale Charles Wint, 1993
  • The Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, www.delawareandlehigh.org
  • Photographic slide collection of Tony Imhof, HCPA
  • Scots Irish in formation of Northampton Co, posted 2000, SOURCE: RECORD OF PENNSYLVANIA MARRIAGES, PRIOR TO 1810. VOLUME II. HARRISBURG: LANE S. HART, STATE PRINTER. 1880.  http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/PANORTHA/2000-08/0965656737
  • Images of America:  Catasauqua and North Catasauqua, by Martha Capwell Fox, 2002
  • From Wales to Pennsylvania – The David Thomas Story, by Peter N. Williams, Ph.D, 2002 
  • Historic Catasauqua Preservation Association, www.hcpa.org or www.history.catasauqua.org
  • The Hopkin Thomas Project website by John B. McVey, 2004 to present, http://himedo.net/TheHopkinThomasProject/TimeLine/Catasauqua/Catasauqua1850.htm; 
  • Reference page for the Hopkin Thomas Project:  http://himedo.net/TheHopkinThomasProject/CoalFireIronSteel/References/REFERENCES.htm
  • Images of America:  Catasauqua and North Catasauqua Revisited, by Martha Capwell Fox, 2011
  • History of St. Lawrence the Martyr Roman Catholic Church, North Catasuqua http://www.stlawrenceandstandrew.com/st-lawrence/history
  • History of the Fuller Family of Catasauqua, Laurie Snyder, 2010-present https://47thpennsylvania.wordpress.com/officers/roster-field-and-staff-officers-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-fuller-family-of-catasauqua-leaders-in-war-and-peace/
  • George Taylor House Feasibility Study, Thomas Jones, 2012