If the Seeley Tunnel Had Been Completed?
The Seeley Tunnel was a project undertaken in 1843. The intent was build a railroad from Dauphin Borough through Clarks Valley in Dauphin County, to Ashland in Schuylkill County. However, […]
Ashland – Buery’s Grove
An undated colorized post card view of the lake at Buery’s Grove, outside Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, showing canoeists enjoying the lake. This resort was convenient to Hegins Township, Schuylkill […]
Burglar Fleeing Hegins Mining Company is Killed by Police Chief, 1972
On August 28, 1972, a man burglarizing a building at the Hegins Mining Company was caught in the act by Hegins Township Police. In an attempt to avoid apprehension, he […]
Hegins Township School Board Membership, 1946
Both sides of a penny postal card mailed to Howard Troutman, Valley View, Schuylkill County, machine-slogan canceled at Harrisburg Post Office, October 2, 1946, 12 m. The slogan: “Save the […]
Hegins Township – Drunk Driver Kills Two & Injures One, 1931
On a Saturday evening in July 1931, three youths of Hegins Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, were walking home from a picnic, when they were struck across from the Hegins Township […]
Hegins – New Theatre Features “The Well,” 1952
A movie poster for The Well, which was shown in Hegins, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, February 11, 1952, at the New Theatre. A newspaper advertisement from the Valley Citizen, Valley View, February 7, […]
Hegins Township – Huntsinger Farm Equipment
A newspaper advertisement from the Valley Citizen, Valley View, February 7, 1952, for Huntsinger Farm Equipment, Robert D. Chambers, Proprietor, Hegins Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. … Does your tractor start hard? […]
Orpah [Bixler] Umholtz (1923-2015) – “Rosie the Riveter”
A photograph of Orpah I. Bixler taken about 1941 when she went to work for the Jacob’s Aircraft Plant in Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The story of her work there […]