| 1681 | William
Penn receives Pennsylvania from King Charles II of England in payment of debt
owed Penn's father. |
| 1790 |
Lands later to become Vintondale and adjacent townships were surveyed. |
1845-
or '46 | (approximate)
- David Ritter and George Rodgers build furnace to smelt iron ore mined in hills
adjacent to Blacklick Creek, in what was later Vintondale. |
| 1848 | Eliza
Furnace produced 1080 tons of iron. |
| 1868 | Rex
brothers of Philadelphia and a partner buy large tract of acreage in Blacklick
Valley, transferring lumber rights to Thomas Griffith. |
| 1881 | Blacklick
Land Company begins operations in the Vintondale, Rexis, Redmill (Nipton) area. |
| 1890 | 3000
acres of wilderness area around Vintondale acquired by Judge Augustine Vinton
Barker of Ebensburg, and partners. |
| 1890 | U.S.
census counts 1,104 residents of Jackson Township, which at that time encompassed
future Vintondale and half of what would later be Nanty Glo. |
| 1890 or '91 | Blacklick
Land Improvement Company, a merged enterprise of Ebensburg and Philadelphia investors,
chartered. |
| 1894 | Plans
for development of Vintondale as a unique mining town introduced. |
| 1894 | Ebensburg
and Blacklick branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad completed, serving mainly sawmills
and coal mines in Blacklick Valley. |
| 1894 | Telephone
line installed to “Vinton” from Ebensburg. |
| 1894 | First
coal mined from “Vinton” #1 mine. |
| 1894 | Post
office for “Vintonville” opened; Clarence Claghorn postmaster. |
| 1894 | Barker
Brothers Lumber Mill operational in Vintondale, near Plank Road. |
| 1895 | First
Baptist Church established. |
| 1895 | Mrs.
Emma Shaffer purchased site in Vintondale on which family home was built. |
| 1896 | Vintondale
Lumber Company, operating between Vintondale and Twin Rocks, opened. |
| 1899 | Johnson
& Company sawmill near Vintondale sustains $14,000 loss in fire. |
| 1900 | Blacklick
Land Improvement Company disbands, selling its Vintondale holdings to Lackawanna
Iron and Steel Company. |