July Challenge: Day 7 ....

From on High.

Since we had to go to Nazareth today for some shopping, we decided to go the highest point in the area ~ God's Acres.

At this site is an Indian Tower with spiral staircase to the top. I did take a photo of R while he was taking a photo of me, but mine wasn't as good as his.

The original structure was a pavilion called "the Summer House" built in 1867 by John Jordan, Jr. He later donated $200 to the Moravian Historical Society to replace the pavilion with the present-day tower, which was completed in 1916. The Indian Tower is commonly thought to have been used as a lookout for hostile Indians. In actuality, the Indians had been removed from Pennsylvania long before the tower was built, and it received it's name because of the Indian Graveyard it overlooks.