In 1912, five young Pottsville girls accused a prominent 65-year-old Pottsville Civil War veteran, Charles A. Kershner [or Kerschner] of assaulting and raping them. The alleged crime took place in […]
In October and November 1934, workers at two Lykens Valley shirt factories, one in Elizabethville and one in Gratz, clashed with the factory owners over the right to organize as […]
An article from 1981 noted the increase in plants in the Schuylkill County garment industry. The names of the 35 plants in the area were also given. The history of […]
An article from 1971 noted the increase in jobs in the Schuylkill County garment industry. The names of the plants in the area were also given. The history of this […]
A grave marker for Simon H. Clauser at the Frieden’s Lutheran Church Cemetery, Branchdale, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, indicates that he was “assassinated September 5, 1874, in the borough of Hazleton.” […]
DEATHS – From the Lykens Standard, December 25, 1903: William Irving, a much esteemed young man, aged 27 years, was badly crushed about the head and body by a fall […]
A portrait of Gov. Arthur H. James (1883-1973), a Republican who took the side of the “bootleg” miners in the debate over strip mining in the southern anthracite coal fields. […]
A series of newspaper articles and other memorabilia describing the mining disaster at East Brookside Colliery near Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, that occurred on August 2, 1913, in which […]