Shetland Ponies for Sale near Jim Thorpe, PA

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Shetland Pony Stallion
10 hh Black Shetland gelding with 4 white socks. Very sweet. Placed 4 th in..
Perkasie, Pennsylvania
Black
Shetland Pony
Stallion
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Perkasie, PA
PA
$1,800
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About Jim Thorpe, PA

In 1827, the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company, a coal mining and shipping company with operations in Summit Hill, Pennsylvania, constructed an 8.7-mile (14.0 km) downhill track, known as a gravity railroad, to deliver coal (and a miner to operate the mine train's brake) to the Lehigh Canal in Mauch Chunk. This helped open up the area to commerce, and helped to fuel the Industrial Revolution in the United States. By the 1850s, the "Gravity Road" (as it became known) was providing rides to thrill seekers for 50 cents a ride (equal to $13.72 today). It is often cited as the first roller coaster in the United States. The Switchback Gravity Railroad Foundation was formed to study the feasibility of preserving and interpreting the remains of the Switchback Gravity Railroad on top of Mount Pisgah.