The county seat of Carbon County, nestled in a mountain gorge connected to the Lehigh River Gorge. The town was renamed to honor the famous native American athlete in the 1950s, at least in part to try and make the town a tourist destination. Houses set into the sides of steep hills have led to the title "Switzerland of America", a bit of hyperbole, but well-intended!

In the 1800s, the town was a center of coal mining and related transportation. Purportedly in the 1860s there were about a dozen millionaires living here. There are many buildings from the period, including a church with work by Louis Tiffany, that illustrate those best of times. Today there are numerous shops, eating places and a series of events to interest tourists, in addition to rail excursions and access to a multi-use trail northward through the rugged Lehigh Gorge.

Ye Olde Photographer arrived here unexpectedly, driving further than intended seeking dinner. The lighting was less than optimum late on a hazy summer afternoon, so consider these tourist snapshots in a style of yore!

2022: We visited here by way of a rail excursion hauled by a newly restored 400 ton 4-8-4 steam locomotive.