Leslie K. Smith (1966-2023) – Millersburg History Museum Director
LESLIE K. SMITH MILLERSBURG – Leslie Kay Smith, age 56, of Riverview Drive, peacefully passed on June 8, 2023 surrounded by her family, at the UPMC West Shore. She was […]
Iva [Koppenhaver] Wentzler – Memories of the Great Gratz Fire of 1924
Many descriptions of the Great Gratz Fire of November 4, 1924, have been published – including the accounts of newspapers of the local area and region and summaries of the fire written […]
Halifax Hometown Heroes – Jack L. Strohecker
JACK L. STROHECKER U. S. AIR FORCE KOREAN CONFLICT See also: For information on the availability of copies of this book, contact Halifax Area Historical Society. ________________________________ Corrections and additional information […]
Coal Castles – Pottsville Gap Colliery (1826-1870)
An undated photograph of a group of miners breaking up large pieces of coal. From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville Republican and Herald in 1998: The Pottsville Gap […]
Frieda Koppenhaver & Emma Wolfe – Memories of the Great Gratz Fire of 1924
Many descriptions of the Great Gratz Fire of November 4, 1924, have been published – including the accounts of newspapers of the local area and region and summaries of the fire written […]
Halifax Hometown Heroes – Hugh L. Stamm
MSG HUGH L. STAMM U. S. ARMY WORLD WAR II KOREAN CONFLICT See also: For information on the availability of copies of this book, contact Halifax Area Historical Society. ________________________________ Corrections […]
Coal Castles – Salem Colliery (1830-1855)
A photograph dated July 15, 1931, of a miner operating an air-driven drilling machine. From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville Republican and Herald in 1998: The Salem Colliery […]
Pottsville – Reading Railroad Station
On June 30, 1981, the last regularly scheduled passenger train on the route from Philadelphia to Pottsville pulled into the station at Pottsville, and the arrival was documented by Anthony […]