[Coleman]

EASTON, PA was the richest city in America all the way up till the Railroad construction boom in the mid/late 1800's. It was supposed to be the New York of America, but the railroads pushed things out. George Washington and a bunch of other big political men stayed in Easton as they traveled to Philadelphia. Easton was the 2nd place the Declaration of Independence was publically read at. We host the national canal museum oOo: , Crayola Crayon factory. The highschool has 3,200 students in it with a large group of Puerto Ricans, African Americans, and Whites. In the inner city part of Easton, gang activity is high. Many kids that get expelled from their schools in the Bronx or other NY city areas get sent to our district for some reason. There usually are 1 or 2 deaths a year of highschool students caused by fatal crashes that involve alcohol...one of the reasons why I've stayed away from it. We have Lafayette College in our town that is considered one of the best private/smaller schools in the nation. Uh, there's A LOT of tradition involved in the town. Every Thankgiving day there is a highschool football rivalry with Philipsburg, NJ. It's the oldest high school football rivalry in the nation and has been televised on ESPN and ESPN2 a few times. People from all over the country come to see it in Lafayette's stadium. You have 85 year old men cheering for the team that they played on back in highschool. Pretty neat if you ask me. The highschool is in the top 100 schools for Music (including private schools as well). There is a dense inner city and then has branches of suburbs that include Palmer Township, Forks Township, Southside, College Hill, and Stone's Crossing. It's a nice place to grow up