This historic stone inn has offered food and lodging to Bucks County travelers for over 160 years.

The movement of coal, a major important product of the area, brought capital & investment to Easton.

Boats carried coal, stone, iron, crops, and goods from the mills along the 60 miles from Easton to Bristol.

Easton continued to prosper as a center for industry, manufacturing, commerce, and culture at the Forks of Delaware and along the great rail lines.

Between 1904 and 1926, Riegelsville was served by electric passenger and freight trolleys of the Doylestown & Easton Street Railway Company.

Riegelsville prospered when the Delaware Canal opened in 1832 with warehouses and factories lining its banks.

Woods and fields border the Delaware Canal; remnants of crumbling stone foundations along its banks are reminders of a busy past.

[citation needed] Residences near the river built by Riegel Paper Company executives in the late 1880s along "Mansions Row" have been restored.

[citation needed] The Benjamin Riegel House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

The average wettest month is July, which corresponds with the annual peak in thunderstorm activity.

Ice storms and large snowstorms depositing ≥ 12 inches (30 cm) of snow occur once every few years, particularly during nor’easters from December through February.

[10] The spring bloom typically begins by April 12 and fall color usually peaks by October 28.