Bear Valley Mine Explosion Kills Six, 1908 (5)
This post is part of a series of articles on the explosion that occurred at Bear Valley, No. 1 Shaft, Summit Branch Colliery, near Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, July 15, […]
The 1918 Flu Epidemic in Schuylkill County
A photograph of an emergency hospital set up in a public building to care for persons who had contracted influenza in October 1918. Joseph H. Zerbey, in 1933, reflected on […]
Tremont Firemen’s Parade, 1951
Two newspaper photographs of the Tremont Firemen’s Parade, as they appeared in the West Schuylkill Press and Pine Grove Herald, Tremont, July 13, 1951. Photo caption (above): Hosts to over […]
Schuylkill County Mine Disasters, 1960-1977
At the time of the Porter Tunnel Mine Disaster of March 1977, the Pottsville Republican published an article by Nora Coyne, staff writer, which chronicled the mine disasters that occurred […]
Regina K. Larkin of Branchdale, 1922
A 1922 portrait photograph of Regina K. Larkin of Branchdale, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from the 1922 yearbook, Touchstone, of the Millersville State Normal School, Millersville, Lancaster County, […]
Mary M. McGovern of Branchdale, 1914
A 1914 portrait photograph of Mary M. McGovern of Branchdale, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from the 1914 yearbook, Touchstone, of the Millersville State Normal School, Millersville, Lancaster County, […]
Mary Foley of Branchdale, 1923
A 1923 portrait photograph of Mary Foley of Branchdale, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from the 1923 yearbook of the Millersville Normal School, Millersville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, available in […]
Was George Daggett Killed in a Labor Disturbance in Elizabethville?
NO PROSECUTION IN DEATH OF BRANCHDALE MAN [1934] An announcement last week, reported to have been issued by District Attorney Karl E. Richards of Dauphin County, contained information that there […]