Talk:Tamaqua, Pennsylvania
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I believe the Lenape word Tamaqua means Beaver. Lodell 13:55, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
Really? Becaise I live near here, and it's usually said that Tamaqua means 'land of the running water'... --66.212.44.65 19:33, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
At any rate, our water's more rusty than running ;-) I live in Owl Creek, by the way. --RDMio 20:40, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
...oh my god, Ryan? o_O Yeah, you're right, though. 66.212.43.53 19:22, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
--yeah, it's Ryan. Who're you? RDMio 03:20, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
I grew up in Tamaqua and I've also heard that it means "Running Water" but alternatively I've heard that it means "Beaver". Here is a link from the Delaware Indians supporting the "Beaver" translation. [1] Avvocato48 (talk) 20:27, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Methheads and Crack Addicts
Ah, ain't it the truth, though. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.229.135.128 (talk) 17:38, 19 February 2007 (UTC).
It's not the truth, many problems exist in every community, but most people in this town are blue collar hard working people. Please don't sum up a whole community because of who your friends are. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hauto (talk) 17:38, 19 February 2007 (UTC).
I'm not friends with them. And I didn't mean it to be offensive, sorry about that. Plus, I wasn't meaning to suggest that the entire community are druggies, just that they're a growing number. RDMio 17:12, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Football
I keep adding to the TAHS section about the football program and it keeps on getting deleted. Is there a reason for this? RDMio 03:37, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
- Some immature individual from the local elitist Catholic schools has the nerve to vandalize my sections. Fine, I'm done editing the Tamaqua article. Figures somebody would screw it up once they had something on the internet about the town.
[edit] Questions on history section
I would be curious to know the evidence whereby Chris Fulmer is credited as the inventor of the catcher's mitt. I have never seen this claim corroborated by evidence, nor proffered by anyone outside of Schuylkill County. In a book titled Biographical Dictionary of American Sports by David L. Porter, he writes about William Henry McGunnigle, "He invented the catcher's mitt, in reality a padded mason's glove with the fingertips cut out." He played professionally from 1875 until 1884. Perhaps when they speak of Fulmer, they mean the catcher's mitt as we know it today...sans fingers. I would like for the poster of the Fulmer claim to offer any evidence they might have uncovered in the course of their research. Charlie
Also, the claim of the world's first fish hatchery appears similarly suspect. "In 1889 a cod fish hatchery was erected on an island belonging to Newfoundland and Labrador. It was the largest hatchery in the world at that time and the first in North America." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_hatchery#Fish_hatcheries Perhaps it was the world's first TROUT hatchery? Charlie
Thermal underwear...you might want to read http://www.answers.com/topic/benjamin-thompson?cat=technology
I am certainly NOT claiming any of these references are facts. However, they do seem to contradict, by MANY years in some cases, the claims made by the author(s) of this entry. Research, rather than opinions, guesses, and wishes would be a great addition to the discussion. Charlie —Preceding unsigned comment added by VerruckteDan (talk • contribs) 00:15, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
