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1681 March 4 – Charles II of England grants a land charter to William Penn to repay a debt of £20,000 owed to his father, creating the Province of Pennsylvania 1682 August 24 – Penn divided the Province into three counties, Philadelphia, Bucks and Chester; The last comprised all lands west and south of the Delaware and the Schuylkill; therefore the site of Mount Carmel was originally in an area claimed by Chester County 1729 May 10 – Lancaster County created out of part of Chester County 1749 August 22 – Land comprising Mount Carmel part of a tract purchased from the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederation 1752 March 11 – Berks County created out of part of Lancaster County before 1770 – Area inhabited by Native Americans (possibly Lenape, Iroquois, and/or Saponi) 1770 – Europeans first settled in the area 1772 March 21 – Northumberland County formed, area that would become Mt.

Carmel located in what was then Augusta Township 1783 September 3 – Treaty of Paris signed, formally recognizing Pennsylvania's independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain 1785 – Catawissa Township formed from part of Augusta township 1788 – Ralpho Township formed from part of Catawissa township 1789 – Ralpho township renamed to Shamokin township 1790 – Anthracite coal discovered by Isaac Tomlinson on nearby Broad Mountain 1805 March 25 – Centre Turnpike Company incorporated 1808 – Centre Turnpike opens ~1811 – Centre Turnpike completed 1812 – Mt.

Carmel Inn opens, located on the Centre Turnpike in (then) Shamokin township ~1830s – coal mining begins 1837 – Coal Township formed from parts of Little Mahanoy and Shamokin townships 1846 – first Post Office opens 1847 – land now comprising Mount Carmel Borough purchased by speculators 1853 – town plot finalized 1854 November 14 – Mount Carmel Township incorporated, from part of Coal Township 1855 – Evangelical Grace Church, the town's first church, opens at Third & Market Streets 1855 – Centre Turnpike decommissioned 1862 November 3 – Mount Carmel Borough incorporated 1869 – Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church is built 1877 December – Mt.

Carmel Progress, the pioneer newspaper, was established 1883 November 17 – Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Mount Carmel founded 1888 – St. Matthew's Lutheran Church is built 1894 November – Shamokin-Mount Carmel Electric Railway (trolley line) connecting Shamokin with Mount Carmel completed 1896 – Reliance Colliery is started by Thomas Baumgardner 1897 – Anthracite Brewing Company, later Mt.

Carmel Brewery, founded 1900 – Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church is Built 1906 – Divine Redeemer Church is built 1906 April – 'Miners Dispute' striking miners are shot by 21 troopers of the State Constabulary – ten men were injured, but all survived 1914 – Sts. Peter and Paul Byzantine-Ukrainian Catholic Church is built (it later burned in a fire and was rededicated in 1994) 1930 – The first viaduct was constructed to eliminate crossing two railroad tracks to enter town 1931 – Mount Carmel High School football stadium or "Silver Bowl" is opened being one of the first high school stadiums to have lighting for night games 1934 – Mattucci's Willow Cafe' opens 1948 June 17 – United Airlines Flight 624 crashes near Midvalley Colliery No.

2; killing all 4 crew members and 39 passengers on board 1950 – the coal mining 'boom' begins its decline 1951 – Mt. Carmel Brewery closes 1969 - WMIM Radio- AM 1590 signs-on. Signed-off 1999. 2003 – Original viaduct is removed and a reconstructed version is built by the Department of Transportation even though the railroads are no longer there