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| Carbon County Quiz #2 | |||
Win a $25 gift certificate for dinner at the Flow Restaurant in Jim Thorpe
Quiz designed by Carbon County historian John Gunsser
| Match the highlighted name at the left with the description at the right. | |
| 01. David Pearsall | a. Governor of Pennsylvania that signed the act creating Carbon County. |
| 02. Robert Mitchell | b. First rector of the Presbyterian Church in Mauch Chunk. |
| 03. Nathaniel B. Eldred | c. Practiced medicine at corner of North and Sixth Streets in East Mauch Chunk. |
| 04. David R. Porter | d. Personal secretary to Mary Hannah Packer Cummings. |
| 05. Richard Webster | e. Rector of St. Marks Episcopal Church in Mauch Chunk. Became an Episcopal Bishop. |
| 06. Asa L. Foster | f. Mine superintendent who was fatally wounded, allegedly by the Molly Maguires. |
| 07. Leighton Coleman | g. Served as the first Carbon County judge. |
| 08. Luther Kidder | h. Wrote the series of newspaper articles called the Carbon County Panorama. |
| 09. Ralph Kreamer | i. A Carbon County judge from 1847 to 1849, whose name became one of its townships. |
| 10. John P. Jones | j. Mauch Chunk merchant who helped develop Eckley coal mining. |
Email your answers to: info@carboncountymagazine.com
Make subject "Carbon County Quiz 2010-03." Include your name, email and phone number.
List your answers, for example: 01. a, 02. b, 03. c ....
If there are multiple correct answers, a winner will be selected by a random drawing.
Contest deadline midnight Mar. 10, 2010.