A Brief History of Early Pottstown, PennsylvaniaFounded in 1761 by ironmaster John Potts and originally known as Potts Grove, Pottstown is located in Montgomery Co., Pa., at the confluence of the Manatawny Creek and the Schuylkill River. Strategically positioned on the river and the "Great Road" between Reading and Philadelphia and in the center of Pennsylvania's colonial iron industry, its early growth and success were guaranteed. Pottstown's history is told here through original journals,

During the Civil War

common origins of Mennonites and Amish

East Hanover

Classified Business Directory of Eastern Pennsylvania [1919] (Lehigh Valley Review

February 1956 (Bell Telephone Co

Sally Ann Furnace

Including Mount Oliver Borough

and being an on-the-road caretaker of a daughter who is profoundly disabled

Bittler's Berks County Pennsylvania Farm Directory 1953 Edition (Chas F

This book endeavors to portray and record the life of one whose quiet

Sandts Eddy

Stony Creek