Richard Nolen – Recollections of 40 Years, 1825-1865 (1 of 7)
Part 1. From the Lykens Standard, 25 April 1902: RECOLLECTIONS OF 40 YEARS Regarding the Lykens Valley Coal Mines and Vicinity Adjacent BY RICHARD NOLEN, ESQ. Which first appeared in […]
Elizabethville – Enterprise Hosiery Mill Fire, 1927
From the Elizabethville Echo, 24 November 1927: One Of Town’s Largest Industries Swept By Flames ENTERPRISE HOSIERY MILL GUTTED BY FIRE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING LOSS ESTIMATED AT $40,000 IN BLAZE […]
Henry Bendigo – Porter Township Tax Collector & Hotel Proprietor at Orwin
An undated photograph of a wagon and team and picturing driver Mr. Piltz of the Lykens Brewery, and Henry Bendigo and his daughter of Orwin, Porter Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. […]
The Fatal Wounding of James Savage, Baseball Player of Williamstown, 1932
In October 1932, James Savage [a.k.a. Savidge], a war veteran and baseball player of Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was fatally wounded in a fracas at Donaldson, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The […]
Orwin – A Tractor Borrowed for Thrashing, 1923
A 1923 photograph of two men on a borrowed thrasher at Orwin, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania: Harry Smyk and George Sherlack. The tractor was borrowed from Danny Houtz of Clark’s Valley. […]
Mrs. Gertrude Shadle of Tower City
A 1911 photograph of Mrs. Gertrude Shadle of Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, taken when she was 19 years old. SCHUYLKILL MEMORY LANE QUIZ Clue: This week’s attractive young lady […]
Reinerton – Joseph Plesnarski of Joe’s Body Shop
An undated photograph of Joseph Plesnarski, of Joe’s Body Shop, Reinerton, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. SCHUYLKILL MEMORY LANE QUIZ Clue: A clue elsewhere in this paper will lead you to the […]
Gratz News, January 22, 1936
The following news briefs appeared in the “Gratz News” column of a local newspaper on 22 January 1936: Jonathan Clarke attended the Court Sessions at Harrisburg during the week, where […]