IN 1877, ADMIDST HARD TIMES, UNREAST HIT THE U.S. RAIL LINES. WORKERS FOR THE READING RAILROAD HAD ENDURED PAY CUTS. HERE, ON JULY 23, MILITIA FIRED INTO AN UNARMED CROWD THAT BLOCKED THE TRAINS, AND 10 PEOPLE WERE KILLED. U.S. TROOPS REOPENED THE RAILROAD.
After Burgoyne's surrender, 1777, German mercenaries, mostly Hessian, were held prisoners at verious places until end of war. Those brought to Reading, 1781, were encamped until 1783 in huts on hillside a quarter-mile to the north.
Pastor of the Trinity Lutheran Church from 1803 to 1829; Member of Congress, 1829-38; first U.S.Minister to Austria; Candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania at the time of his death in 1844, His home was on this site.
Eminent jurist; Member State Supreme Court,1857-1868; Associate Justice of the Supreme of U.S.,1870-80; Member Electoral Commission, 1877. His law office and home stood on this site. Died, 1895
Named in honor of Charles E. Duryea, inventer and builder of first successful hill-climbing gasoline automobile in US. Duryea Drive extending from the City Park to the Pagoda, is the course used by Duryea for testing his cars, 1900-1907.
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HENRY A MUHLENBERG
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