Lehigh’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Lehigh. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Lehigh's first settlers, a Mr. Reed and Mr. Wright, set up a steam sawmill on the site in 1855. Originally, the town was named Slabtown because slabs, scrap from the mill, were used in construction. By 1870, there was a Methodist church and a school, and Oliver Tyson had purchased the mill and expanded it, adding a flour mill. Soon after this, Tyson opened a store. The town was later renamed Lehigh, comparing the local coal veins to those of Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Lehigh’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lehigh’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewLehighBrick, 1904: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Lehigh
See all 2 →Lehigh, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Lehigh is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Lehigh has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Dolliver Memorial State Park, Picnic, Hiking & Maintenance Area (Area B) in Lehigh, 2.5 miles away.
Lehigh and the nearest listed places
Closest to Lehigh
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as LehighBrick (1904) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.