Editing Weissport, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
The town was founded in 1792 by [[Jacob Weiss|Col. Jacob Weiss]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~carbdat/m&h/wsprt.htm|title=CHAPTER XXV}}{{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=June 2022}}</ref> The area was located between [[Lehighton, Pennsylvania|Lehighton]], [[Parryville, Pennsylvania|Parryville]], and Longrun. Soon after, the town itself was established and the first wooden bridge over the river to the town was built in 1805, along with the first post office, taverns, banks, and stores all by 1812.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lehightonchamber.org/history.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421092841/http://www.lehightonchamber.org/history.htm|archive-date=2021-04-21|access-date=2023-08-06|title=Lehighton Area Chamber of Commerce}}</ref>

Within 20 years of its founding, the Weissport established itself as a vital part of the canal industry, specializing in the restoration, building, and repairing of boats along the [[Lehigh Canal]], which ran parallel to the [[Lehigh River]]. By 1832, Lewis Weiss<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~carbdat/m&h/bio/wss_j.htm|title=BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF COL. JACOB WEISS}}{{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=June 2022}}</ref> began building boats for the [[Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company]] and the Morris Canal & Banking Company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jttoday.com/2006/2006-05/WeissportCanal/WeissportCanal.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703195913/http://www.jttoday.com/2006/2006-05/WeissportCanal/WeissportCanal.html|archive-date=2008-07-03|access-date=2023-08-06|title=JTToday,Flagstaff Part 1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://northampton.pa-roots.com/Portraits/weiss_francis.htm|title = Weiss_F}}</ref>