Frontier Forts Between Schuylkill & Susquehanna Rivers
Above is an undated colorized post card view of a model of Fort Augusta on River Front Drive, Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Also above is a drawing of Fort Halifax, […]
French and Indian War South of the Blue Mountain
A portrait of Conrad Weiser (1696-1760). Early Colonial history in the area known today as Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, is told by Joseph H. Zerbey in Volume 4 of his History of Pottsville and Schuylkill […]
Images from the Coal Strike of 1900 (5)
Title: Breaker Boys Enjoy the Strike Credit: Philadelphia Inquirer, September 30, 1900, page 2, via Newspapers.com. ______________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
Images from the Coal Strike of 1900 (4)
Title: Miner’s Wife and Admiral Dewey’s Namesake. Credit: Philadelphia Inquirer, September 30, 1900, page 2, via Newspapers.com. ______________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
French and Indian War
A cut from a 1755 map of British and French Dominions in North American, by John Mitchell, focusing on southeastern and south-central Pennsylvania. The map is from the collection of […]
Indian History of Schuylkill County
Benjamin West‘s painting in 1771 of William Penn‘s 1682 treaty with the Lenape Indians. The early history of Indians in the area known today as Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, is told […]
Images from the Coal Strike of 1900 (3)
Title: Part of One Miner’s Family. Credit: Philadelphia Inquirer, September 30, 1900, page 2, via Newspapers.com. ______________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
Images from the Coal Strike of 1900 (2)
Title: Strikers and their Families Putting in Their Idle Time During the Strike. Photo Credit: Philadelphia Inquirer, September 30, 1900, page 1, via Newspapers.com. ________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should […]