Corner Bar

[AKvetch]

Carolyn, here's another entrant: Mauch Chunk, Pa

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In the middle 1800's, due to the booms in anthracite coal and in canal and railroad shipping, Mauch Chunk became the wealthiest town in the United States. Over fifty citizens had personal worth in excess of $50 thousand (equal to one million current dollars). The greatest industrialist of all, with an estate valued at $54 million, was Asa Packer.

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