Charles “Chick” Fullis was born in Girardville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, February 27, 1901, and died in Ashland, Schuylkill County, March 28, 1946. He played all or part of eight seasons […]
This is a story of the notorious Dr. T. H. Wetzel, a.k.a. Dr. W. E. Wetzel, who in 1885, fled Pennsylvania after allegedly being an accessory before and after the […]
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 […]
A portrait of Dr. Robert D. Spencer of Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Dr. Spencer was the best known of the doctors who performed abortions in the area adjacent to the […]
Dr. Robert D. Spencer of Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, was one of the most famous abortion doctors in the United States in the fifty year period prior to Roe v. […]
An undated, colorized black & white photograph of the old Ashland Miner’s Hospital, Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo appeared in the “Looking Back” feature of the Pottsville Republican and Herald, […]
An undated generic post card view of two miners timbering a mine, Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
An undated generic post card view of coal miners working 500 feet underground at Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this […]