Lehighton history

• In 1904, the amount of tax money to support the Lehighton schools was $30,000.•The following presidential and vice-presidential candidates stopped in Lehighton during their campaigns: Theodore Roosevelt (twice); Woodrow Wilson; Richard Nixon; Adlai Stevenson; and William Jennings Bryan.• On March 3, 1922, Andrew Bayer purchased the Charles Seifert property for $25,000 to build the Park Theater.Learn more at “The History of Lehighton, Part 2,” at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Pfc. Clyde R. Houser Jr. Building/Borough Annex.