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Did you know that Lower Saucon Township has a ghost town of sorts? Buried in the brush–consumed by the ravages of time–along a section of Riverside Drive known as “the Narrows” is the former settlement of Redington, which thrived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as a miniature center of industry.
History lives during Cemetery Tours at Union Cemetery of Hellertown. Visit the graves of Esther Schrantz, William Szabo, Pliny Bergstresser, and Arthur & Louisa Schrantz and hear their stories as told by re-enactors in period dress.
History lives during Cemetery Tours at Union Cemetery of Hellertown. Visit the graves of Esther Schrantz, William Szabo, Pliny Bergstresser, and Arthur & Louisa Schrantz and hear their stories as told by re-enactors in period dress.
The clock tower in Hellertown’s Detwiller Plaza has become a beloved borough symbol that appears on everything from Christmas cards to the patches worn by Hellertown police officers. But did you know that barely 30 years ago, it didn’t even exist?
Join Hellertown Historical Society as we celebrate Hellertown Heritage Day April 28. Free activities include tours of the Heller-Wagner Grist Mill and other buildings, a car show, a Kids Fishing Clinic, and historic trolley tours of Hellertown.
A news account of a 1924 bank robbery at Hellertown’s Saucon Valley Trust Company reads like something straight of a pulp novel or a noir movie, with robbers who told the bank’s employees to ‘put ’em up,’ tied them up and made a dramatic escape out of town in a roadster.
In 2018 it is hard to imagine a time when it was possible to ride a horse down Main Street in Hellertown, but that’s the type of transportation that existed in 1879, when one of the borough’s first ordinances was adopted.
It wasn’t mentioned in his obituary, published on Saucon Source on Jan. 29, but in addition to his World War II heroism, his career at Western Electric and many other accomplishments, the late Joseph ‘Joe’ Charles Sopko had another claim to fame.
Join the Hellertown Historical Society for the unveiling of their new Centennial display and hear some fascinating history regarding the 1972 Hellertown Centennial celebration. HHS will also have some extra stock of centennial items for sale. Complimentary light refreshments will be offered. Open to the public with free admission. The event will be held in the Tavern Room in the lower level of the historic Heller-Wagner Grist Mill, 150 W. Walnut St., Hellertown PA 18055.
The free cemetery tours will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 10-11 at Union Cemetery, which is located at 89 Main St., Hellertown.
