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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 386 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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TAMAQUA , a See also:

BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough of Schuylkill See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

Pennsylvania, U.S.A., on the Tamaqua (Little Schuylkill) See also:

RIVER

river, about 20 M. above its junction with the Schuylkill, about 17 M. E.N.E. of See also:

POTTSVILLE

Pottsville, and about 98 m. N. of See also:

PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia. Pop. (189o) 6054; (1900) 7267, (625 See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born); (191o) 9462. Tamaqua is served by the Central railroad of New See also:

Jersey, by the Philadelphia and See also:

READING

Reading railway and by an electric See also:

LINE

line connecting with Mauch Chunk, Pottsville, and other places. Tamaqua is in a See also:

rich See also:

ANTHRACITE (Gr. avOpaE, coal)

anthracite See also:

COAL

coal See also:

DISTRICT

district, and coal-See also:

MINING

mining is its See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry. Among manufactures are foundry and See also:

machine-See also:

SHOP

shop products, See also:

POWDER (through O. Fr. puldre, modern poudre, from Lat. pulvis, pulveris, dust)

powder, stoves, See also:

FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture, See also:

HOSIERY

hosiery, &c. The borough owns the See also:

WATER

water-See also:

WORKS

works. The first See also:

settlement here was made in 1799 and anthracite coal was discovered in 1817. In 1829 Tamaqua was laid out and received its See also:

PRESENT

present name, an See also:

INDIAN

Indian word meaning " See also:

RUNNING

running water. " It was incorporated as a borough in 1833.

Between 1869 and 1875 the Molly Maguires were active here.

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