Hazleton topographic map
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Name: Hazleton topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, 18201, United States (40.92801 -75.99645 40.97487 -75.94580)
Average elevation: 510 m
Minimum elevation: 442 m
Maximum elevation: 591 m
In 1818, anthracite coal deposits were discovered in nearby Beaver Meadows by prospectors Nathaniel Beach and Tench Coxe. This caught the attention of railroad developers in Philadelphia. A young engineer from New York named Ariovistus "Ario" Pardee was hired to survey the topography of Beaver Meadows and report the practicality of extending a railroad from the Lehigh Canal in Jim Thorpe to Beaver Meadows. Knowing that the area of Beaver Meadows was already controlled by Coxe and Beach, Pardee bought many acres of the land in present-day Hazleton. The investment proved to be lucrative. The land contained part of a massive anthracite coal field. Pardee is known as the founding father of Hazleton because of these contributions and initially laying out the patch town that eventually became Hazleton.
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