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Haycock Mountain and Danieltown Photos

1900

1950 kids playing on tower

1930 building tower

Haycock Mountain was a popular place for picnics in 1900s. 

1930 building tower

1950 kids playing on tower

1930 building tower

The army corps of engineers built the towner in 1930 to use in surveying the area.

1950 kids playing on tower

1950 kids playing on tower

1940's before Nockamixon State Park was created.

The tower was abandoned after the surveying work was completed and it became a place for the neighboring children to climb.

 

1940's before Nockamixon State Park was created.

1940's before Nockamixon State Park was created.

1940's before Nockamixon State Park was created.

This photo was taken before the creation of Nockamixon State Part. 

Danielstown

1940's before Nockamixon State Park was created.

Old log Cabin Danielstown

Picture of two of the last inhabitant of Danielstown.  

Old log Cabin Danielstown

1940's before Nockamixon State Park was created.

Old log Cabin Danielstown

Postcard created by Arnold bors. of an old log cabin in Danielstown.

Churches of Haycock Township

St Pauls Luthern  Church Applebachsville

St. Paul's Evangelical Luthern Church had its origin in the year 1852.  There are apparently no records of what transpired in the first three years of the organization's existence.  The church was built and the congregation organized in 1855 by The Rev. C. P. Miller.  It has been located on its present site since that time, on Old Bethlehem Road in Applebachsville, Haycock Township, Bucks County, 


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St John's Catholic Church.

The Catholic Religion was brought to Haycock Township in 1737 by two brothers from Ireland, 

Latvian Church by Florence Fluck

Painting of the Latvian Baptist Church by Florence Fluck.

Haycock Mennonite Church

A Brief History of the Haycock Mennonite Church

Several years ago (1936-7) a number of Mission Minded young men canvassed the Haycock Community, from Doylestown and the Quakertown Highway moving eastward toward the Haycock Mountain  After making a few contacts, they found that a number of families were interested in Sunday School and church work, but were denied these privileges because of poverty or no means of transportation to the church with which they were formerly connected and therefore discontinued church affiliation.

The first Sunday School was held in a home and continued there for several weeks until the home became to small for the number of attendees. After a search of the area for a larger gathering place, it was suggested to contact the Haycock School board for use of a school. We were granted permission to use New Harrisburg School. We meet at the school every Sunday afternoon for jour years.

Attendance increased and the school was filled to capacity as some times there were 100 people in the one room school. In 1941 the Franconia Mission Board saw the need for a church in the community. A building was constructed on land about 1 1/2 miles from Applebachsville on Mission Road, with the capacity of about 175 people. 

The Mennonite Church also had a two-week Bible School with attendance of 91 the first year and each year more children attended.

Many people have fond memories of attending the Mennonite Bible School.

Excerpts from a note by Stanley Beidler, written about 1950.



  


Mennonite Church on Mission Road in Haycock Township.

News Paper Articles

Sale of Land - property of Francis M'Henry 1788

Early Turnpikes and the Old State Roads

"During the colonial and revolutionary eras in American history, inland travel was show, difficult, and expensive.  The "King's Highways" established by Pennsylvania's colonial governments followed and improved ancient Indian paths, but hardly allowed for freight wagons or anything veyond single-file trains of pack-horses.  Inhabitants of the colony were required, by a law passed in 1683, to work on the construction of roads and bridges or pay a fee, but maintenance of the "King's Highways" was sporadic. Beginning in the 1790s, Pennsylvania and the rest of the new nation embarked on a massive road-building campaign to improve inland trade and open marketplaces in hard-to-reach areas." 

One of the first turnpikes to be established in Pennsylvania

The Springhouse Bethlehem Turnpike Company 1805

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