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
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

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
• JERSEY, EARLS OF

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, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

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
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

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
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

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 .