Locust Summit Coal Breaker
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 […]
Lykens Hometown Heroes – Allen M. Hoke Sr.
Allen M. Hoke Sr. – U.S. Navy – WWII ________________________________________________ Banner provided by Rich Hoke & Larry Hoke. Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post. Blog […]
Lykens Hometown Heroes – Paul W. Welker
Paul W. Welker – U.S. Air Force – 1955-1959 ________________________________________________ Banner provided by his family. Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post. Blog readers are […]
Pillow Hometown Heroes
The above image represents a part of a Hometown Hero Banner created for Pillow, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. For the Hometown Hero Program in Pillow, eighty-one banners were created, each honoring one local veteran. […]
The Wreck at the Barry Railroad Station, 1891
A fatal accident occurred on the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad near the railroad station at Barry, Barry Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, on the evening of March 28, 1891. From the […]
Berrysburg Hometown Heroes – Cloyd J. Miller
Cloyd J. Miller – United States Air Force ________________________________________________ Banner provided by the Miller family. Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post. Blog readers are encouraged to […]
Tremont – United Methodist Church, 1971
A newspaper photograph of the United Methodist Church, Church Street, Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, taken on the occasion of the 125th Anniversary of the congregation, which occurred in October, 1971. […]
Lykens Hometown Heroes – James G. Hirsch
James G. Hirsch – U.S. Navy – Korean Conflict ________________________________________________ Banner provided by the Hirsch family. Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post. Blog readers are […]