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USA TODAY SPECIAL EDITION
PENNSYLVANIA | LEHIGH VALLEY
Past-Tense Travel Take a trip through time in Lehigh Valley
HUB WILSON
The Tannery, Luckenbach Mill and Springhouse are located in the Colonial Industrial Quarter of the historic Morovian district in Bethlehem, Pa.
By Lisa Elia More
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EHIGH VALLEY, SET AMONG
Pennsylvania’s lush landscape and gentle hills, offers throwbacks to a simpler time. And there are plenty of opportunities to stretch out and enjoy the outdoors in what was once America’s steel manufacturing mecca. “There is so much to see and do here, and that’s because we are a microcosm of the development of our country,” says Charlene Donchez Mowers, president of Historic Bethlehem Museum and Sites. One of the best ways to learn about that local history and soak in its natural beauty is to walk along the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor. The
trail winds its way through about 140 miles of American industrial history, nature and recreation areas — 35 of which are within Lehigh Valley — and traverses local parks, state forests, farmland, historic boroughs and the three vibrant downtowns of Bethlehem, Easton and Allentown. One of the trail’s most historic areas is Easton’s Hugh Moore Park, which includes the National Canal Museum. The 520-acre park is home to the Josiah White II, a re-created canal boat pulled by two Percheron mules in the same manner as when such boats transported anthracite coal more than 100 years ago. The trail runs by the old Bethlehem CONTINUED
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Forest, farmland and mountains make up the colorful landscape in Pennsylvania’s rural Lehigh Township.
