A photograph taken sometime around 1910 of a favorite place for young people called “Big Rock.” This was supposedly located somewhere around Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. When this photo was published in the “Down Memory Lane” feature of the Pine Grove Press Herald, October 7, 1971, the editor had no idea where the rock was located or the names of anyone pictured.
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From Newspapers.com.
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From the picture in the paper and knowing the land I’d suggest that this was what is now known as the newtown falls?
8/23/22
Having ridden off road motorcycles from 1970 to present, we spent a lot of time riding that area; Newtown, Blackwood, Tower City, Joliett, Good Springs, and Lincoln. As I recall, there were a set of waterfalls not far from Newtown along Rt. 25 on the right hand side.
They aren’t there anymore, though. I believe a county or a municipal waste company has a few buildings there and have totally bulldozed a lot of the forest land, including the falls. I did some exploring there last year. Landscape has been rearranged, sadly.
However, when I first saw the picture, it also looked like the outcropping of rocks along 81 northbound, shortly after the Ravine exit. There is a billboard close to where the outcropping is. Can’t miss it. There were trails up above it that we would take to the old Maxine’s Diner, where the Burger King and gas station are presently located.