Phaon Heinbach (1888-1908) – Kills Self in Hunting Accident
GUNNER’S SUDDEN DEATH Phaon Heinbach, while out gunning for game on Thursday, last (the opening of the rabbit season) in Batdorf’s Swamp, a half mile north of Pine Grove, in […]
GUNNER’S SUDDEN DEATH Phaon Heinbach, while out gunning for game on Thursday, last (the opening of the rabbit season) in Batdorf’s Swamp, a half mile north of Pine Grove, in […]
A photograph of the 1938 public works painting by John W. Beauchamp, titled “The Ride of Rachel Silverthorn.” The painting hangs in the Muncy Post Office, Muncy, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. […]
An undated photo post card view (colorized) of a parade float of the Eagle Iron Works, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The occasion for the parade is not known nor are […]
An undated color photograph post card view of the Pioneer Coal Mine Tunnel, Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo shows unidentified tourists standing outside and walking into the tunnel. __________________________________________ […]
According to an 1805 state law, mechanical gambling devices were prohibited in Pennsylvania. Slot machines, which fell under the restrictions of that law, while illegal, were very popular and saw […]
An undated portrait of Franklin “Frank” Bressler in his Grand Army of the Republic (G. A. R.) uniform. Frank was born in Hubley Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, on February 8, […]
An undated post card view (colorized) of North Front Street, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
An 1885 photograph of an unidentified wood coal breaker. Note the crude trackage on the car haul. From a series of articles that appeared in theĀ Pottsville Republican and HeraldĀ in 1997: […]