Part 8. The Nathan Henninger farm was located in Cameron Township, near Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. While four to six men were burglarizing Henninger’s stone house, a gunfire exchange took place, and one […]
EMMA VIOLA [CLARK] KIEFFER – Tax Collector of Upper Mahanoy Township LECK KILL– Emma Viola Kieffer,101, passed away on Wednesday, June 1, 2022 at Mountain View Nursing and Rehabilitation Center […]
An undated photograph (colorized) of the American Legion Building and Wolfe’s Department Store on Independence Street, Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. The photo appeared as part of the “Looking Back” feature […]
One of the most famous murder trials in the anthracite coal region in the late 1880s and early 1890s, took place at Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, in February 1889. On […]
In 1942, a 13-year old girl was raped by her mother’s live-in boyfriend in Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. She became pregnant. The mother attempted an abortion and was unsuccessful. The […]
A 1954 photograph of the football team of the Coal Township High School, Coal Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. The photo appeared in the “Looking Back” feature of the Pottsville Republican […]
Burnside Colliery is located 2.5 miles south of Shamokin in Coal Township, Northumberland County, on the Big Mountain Improvement Company tract. The colliery was opened with a drift on the […]