What is the history of Hazleton, Pennsylvania?
During the height of the American Revolution in the summer of 1780, British sympathizers, also known as Tories, concentrated from New York’s Mohawk Valley, began attacking Patriot (American Revolution)patriot outposts located along the Susquehanna River Valley in Northeast Pennsylvania. Because of the reports of Tory activity in the region, Captain Daniel Klader and a platoon of 41 men from Northampton County, Pennsylvania were sent to investigate. They traveled north from the Lehigh Valley along a path known as “Warrior’s Trail”, which is present-day State Route 93, since this route connects the Lehigh River in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania (formerly known as Mauch Chunk) to the Susquehanna River in Berwick, Pennsylvania. Heading north, Captain Klader’s men made it as far north as present-day Conyngham, PAConyngham, Pennsylvania when they were ambushed by members of the Seneca tribe and Tory militiamen. In all, 15 men were killed on September 11, 1780 in what was to become the Sugarloaf Ma
