Hellertown

by Lee a Weidner with the Hellertown Histor, Hellertown Historical Society, Lee A. Weidner

Book Overview

Nestled in the Saucon Valley, Hellertown lies just south of Bethlehem, bordered on the west by the Saucon Creek.

While the creek derives its name from the Native American word sakunk, meaning place where a small stream enters into a larger stream, the town inherited its name from Christopher Heller and his descendants who settled the area in the mid-1700s. The 1800s brought a wave of Deutsch (German) immigrants to this corner of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738511625
• ISBN13: 9780738511627
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

A Walk Down Memory Lane

This book will provide great joy and nostalgia to all longstanding Hellertonians. Page after page, black-and-whites stir memories of such legends as Hellertown High, Mom's Diners, and the "ultra-modern" Sauconia Theatre. Lee Weidner and the Hellertown Historical Society have done a great service in bringing us this pictorial walk down this small town's memory lane.