The Murder of Daniel Troutman, 1880 (1)
Part 1 of 9. On 14 November 1880, Daniel Troutman, a farmer living in Pillow, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was killed at his home during an attempted robbery. Two men, Frank […]
“Locie” at the Brookside Colliery
An undated photograph of two men on a “locie” at the Brookside Colliery, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. SCHUYLKILL MEMORY LANE QUIZ Clue: Anyone know who the two young men are on […]
Hegins Band Stuck in Gratz in Snow Storm, 1936
HEGINS TOWNSHIP BAND MAROONED IN SNOW The Hegins Township High School Band under its director Bartel Shade [Schade] rendered a concert at the Farm Show at Harrisburg on Wednesday, January […]
Memory Lane – Mary [Charlesworth] Shadle
An undated photograph of a young girl that was published in the West Schuylkill Herald, Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 16 August 1973, to inaugurate a weekly “quiz”. Readers submitted […]
An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery, 1780
On 1 March 1780, the Pennsylvania Legislature passed a law providing for the gradual abolition of slavery. It was meant to protect the rights of Pennsylvanians who owned slaves as […]
The Halifax Schools
A 215-page-book, A Dream Fulfilled: Boyer Memorial School and a History of Other Halifax Schools Throughout the Centuries, 1794 Forward, by Pearl Bretz Hane, was published in 2014 by the […]
Attempted Murder of Wiconisco Township Police Chief, 1979
From the Pottsville Republican, 12 July 1980: Youth held for court – In shooting of police chief ELIZABETHVILLE – Ronald Lamar Kaster Jr., 19, of 469 Pottsville Street, Wiconisco, has […]
Hegins News, April 1941
HEGINS: SOLDIERS HOLD MANEUVERS HERE Coming from Indiantown Gap, a company of National Guardsmen in about 18 trucks, conducted maneuvers in Hegins Valley. The presence of the soldiers in the […]