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 […]
Murder at the Valley View Water Works, 1910
In 1910, at the conclusion of the construction of the Hegins Water Works at Valley View, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, a fight took place at the quarters of the Italian workers. […]
Donald Klinger – Minor League Baseball Player from Hegins
Donald Klinger was born in Hegins, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, in 1947. He was a graduate of Tri-Valley High School and then attended Rider University at Lawrenceville, New Jersey, where he […]
Rev. William T. Walton Installed at Tower City, 1966
ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN TO INSTALL REV. WILLIAM WALTON SUNDAY The Rev. William T. Walton will be installed Sunday evening at 7 o’clock as pastor of St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church […]
Upper Dauphin Business Climate, 1990
An article that appeared in the Pottsville Republican, February 16, 1990, describing the then-current business prospectus in Upper Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. BUSINESS CLIMATE IS STRONG IN NORTHERN DAUPHIN COUNTY By […]
Good Spring – Three Gratz Men Killed in Mine Cave-In, 1939 (2)
The Pottsville Republican of February 10, 1939, reported on the progress of the recovery of the bodies of three men buried in a mine cave-in at Good Spring, Schuylkill County, […]
Good Spring – Three Gratz Men Killed in Mine Cave-In, 1939 (1)
The front page of the Pottsville Republican, February 9, 1939, reporting that three men from Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, were buried in a bootleg mine cave-in near Good Spring, Schuylkill […]
Hegins – Keystone Garage
An undated advertising item (shoe brush or clothes brush) from the Keystone Garage, Guy F. Radel, Hegins, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. WALTER TRUCKS SALES AND SERVICE GENERAL REPAIRING ___________________________________________ Corrections and […]