October 8, 1993The Carbon County Board of Commissioners praised the work of Lehighton native Thomas D. Eckhart, now of Iowa and the author of “The Carbon County History.”Eckhart received accolades for the first of three volumes on the county’s background, as well as for his contributions to the Carbon County 4-H Livestock Club and the Carbon County Agricultural Heritage Days.Volume I is a 654-page edition that encompasses the county’s establishment in 1843 up to 1890. It contains 611 photographs, maps and illustrations, as well as a refined history of Carbon County.