Got a little quake way over in Sinking Springs, PA, right next to the post office.
Ok, I'll bite-
A spring in what was then the far western edge of Cumru Township captured the settlers’ imagination as itconstantly sank and replenished itself.It was the source of the township’s name and also that of the village — later the borough — of Sinking Spring.
As economic conditions improved, industries developed within the township. One of the earliest was the mining of iron ore near Cushion Hill around 1760.
1811: The Octagon Schoolhouse is built at the intersection of Mull and Penn Avenue with walls three feet thick, plastered and whitewashed inside and out.what?
July 13, 1930: The West Wyomissing Fire Company responds to its first call atKissinger’s Church
Jan. 14, 1954: A small earthquake damaged a number of windows and cracked a few walls.
Places of interest: Wertz Red Covered Bridge;Socialist Park, once the site of large rallies for the Socialist Party; Berks campus of Penn State University
https://www.readingeagle.com/news/history/united-states-of-berks-get-to-know-spring-township-history-and-how-it-got-its/article_41ef877c-752d-11ea-aa80-afd9a6f48a27.html