Lykens Valley Coal – When Discovered
LYKENS VALLEY COAL – WHEN DISCOVERED On a Sabbath day in the year 1825, Jacob Burd Sr., and Peter Kimes, then living at the lower end of Short Mountain, in […]
Lykens – N. E. Snyder Jeweler & Optician, 1908
N. E. SNYDER – JEWELER & OPTICIAN Another well-known successful business man here [Lykens] is Nathaniel E. Snyder, who since purchasing the jewelry business of John Sweager, in 1892, has […]
Ravine – Paradise School, 1908
A colorized version of a photograph taken around 1908 of the students and teacher at the Paradise School, Ravine, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo appeared in the “Down Memory Lane” feature […]
Pine Grove High School – Barbara Louise Rehrer, 1963
A 1963 colorized portrait photograph of Barbara Louise Rehrer, a member of the senior class of Pine Grove School, Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania._________________________________From the 1963 yearbook, The Cardinal, of the Pine Grove High School, Pine Grove, Schuylkill […]
Wiconisco – Harman Plumbing & Heating, 1908
EDWARD HARMAN – PLUMBING, HEATING & ROOFING Few business men of Wiconisco enjoy a more enviable reputation for general responsibility that Edward Harman who has been engaged in the plumbing, […]
Edward H. Fennel – Lykens Painter & Paperhanger, 1908
At Mr. Fennel’s establishment, in the Kirchoff Building on East Main Street, can always be found one of the largest, most up-to-date lines of wall paper, moulding, etc., to be […]
Coal Castles – Hammond Colliery (1861-1939)
The Hammond Colliery in Butler Township, was formed from the Connor, or Girardville Colliery and the McMichael Colliery. From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville Republican and Herald in […]
Pine Grove High School – Charles A. Pillsbury, 1963
A 1963 colorized portrait photograph of Charles A. Pillsbury, a member of the senior class of Pine Grove School, Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania._________________________________From the 1963 yearbook, The Cardinal, of the Pine Grove High School, Pine Grove, Schuylkill […]