Wiconisco Hometown Heroes (2)
Individual photos of veterans from Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, cropped from photos of Hometown Hero Banners hanging in the town from about 2018 to 2020: John Cessna Jr. – U. S. […]
Wiconisco Hometown Heroes (1)
Individual photos of veterans from Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, cropped from photos of Hometown Hero Banners hanging in the town from about 2018 to 2020: Byron “Barney Alvord – U. […]
Pine Grove Tannery, 1918
A photograph taken around 1918 of the Pine Grove Tannery, Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The soldiers marching by are said to the Pine Grove Company that fought in World […]
Images from the Coal Strike of 1900 (5)
An image of the front page of the Philadelphia Times, September 30, 1900, with headline, “Rumors That Operators Will Make Further Concessions to Secure a Settlement.“ Price of Powder to […]
Tremont & Pine Grove Band, 1917
A photograph taken in 1917 by Alvin C. Schwalm of Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, is of the Company G Band of Pine Grove (on bass drum). Members of this […]
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 […]
Halifax Hometown Heroes – Marvin Headdings Jr.
SPC/4 MARVIN HEADDINGS JR. U. S. ARMY 1956-1958 See also: For information on the availability of copies of this book, contact Halifax Area Historical Society. ________________________________ Corrections and additional information should […]