Favorite Links. Home. Walnutport is a borough formed from an unincorporated settlement in the northwest corner of Northampton County. This area was established by the formation of Lehigh Township in 1754 by land grants from William Pennâs heirs in 1752 forming Northampton County.
Larry Sultan, California Photographer, Dies at 63. Larry Sultan, a highly influential California photographer whose 1977 collaboration, âEvidenceâ â a book made up solely of pictures culled from vast industrial and government archives â became a watershed in the history of art photography, died on Sunday at his home in Greenbrae, Calif. He was 63.
Both the Sultan River and the town of Sultan were named by prospectors for the chief of a Snohomish sub-tribe who lived on the Skykomish River in the 1870s. His name as Tsul-tad or Tseul-tud, which was anglicized by the miners into Sultan.For generations Sultan remained a small logging community.here is an annual 3-day street fair held in July, known as the 'Sultan Shindig'. Carnival rides, street vendors and logging games are a popular part of the fair. As well as this, the Shindig's loggers practice in Spring with logs that they are allowed to cut into a variety of wooden sculptures.