An undated photograph taken at the Bear Valley Colliery near Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania: Bear Valley breaker boys, wearing their colliery-issue safety goggles, are pictured in front of the all-wood […]
An undated photograph of the George Umholtz Farm, west of the town center of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The farm was established on the Levi Marks tract of more than 308 acres. The […]
A portrait photograph of Wayne Wolfgang, a 1944 graduate of Hubley Township High School, Hubley Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Wayne, known to Shirley as “Smiley,” has quite an interesting ambition. He intends to become […]
An advertisement for the Edwin S. Lebo Automobile Service, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, as it appeared in the Elizabethville Echo, January 29, 1920. Day and Night to All Points Rates Reasonable Bell Phone […]
CPL BLAKE C BOWMAN US ARMY WORLD WAR II See also: For information on the availability of copies of this book, contact Halifax Area Historical Society. ________________________________ Corrections and additional information […]
From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville Republican and Herald in 1997: The Gilberton Colliery was locate on the north side of the Mahanoy Creek in the borough for […]
A portrait photograph of Irwin Zerbe, a 1944 graduate of Hubley Township High School, Hubley Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Irwin has been our class president all through high school. He has also been our […]
From the Lykens Register, May 17, 1900: A MINE DISASTER A fatal mine disaster occurred int eh mines at Williamstown, Monday morning, that resulted in the death of one man […]