An undated photograph of the Bear Valley General Store, near Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ____________________________________________ For additional information about this photo and others like it, contact the Williamstown Historical Society. Corrections […]
An undated, colorized photograph of the First Aid Crew of the Williamstown Colliery, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, standing in front of the tunnel entrance. The 1856 date probably indicates the […]
In October 1941, a group of miners saw something suspicious near an abandoned coal mine on a mountainside near Tremont. The notified the police and then discovered that a box […]
An undated colorized photograph of a birds-eye view of Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, showing the town and the mining operation above the town, including the culm bank. ____________________________________________ For additional […]
Edmund T. Hunter III – U.S. Navy – Korean Conflict ________________________________________________ Banner provided by the Miller and Burger families. Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post. […]
An undated colorized post card view of the coal breaker at Locust Summit, located between Mt. Carmel, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. This was one of the […]
Note the passenger train on the hill above the road. It is pulled by two locomotives. Note also the autos on the road and the “Welcome to Shamokin” sign at […]
A photo from the late 1860s taken by photographer Isaac Kunkel of the Lykens Valley Coal Company’s breaker on the eastern slopes of Bear Gap in Wiconisco Township, Dauphin County, […]