Self-Inflicted Gunshot Death of Arthur Reiner, 1926
A self-inflicted gunshot wound into the right temple of an 18-year-old young man who was sitting in the back seat of his car with his 18-year-old lady friend. A coroner’s […]
Keffers School – Late 1920s
A colorized newspaper photograph of the pupils and teacher at the Keffers School, Keffers, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo was taken some time in the late 1920s. Identified are: Front […]
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 […]
Guy L. Miller – Killed at Independent Mine, 1960
GUY L. L. MILLER, JOLIETT, DIES UNDER COAL FALL AT INDEPENDENT MINE A 24-year-old Joliett man employed at an independent mining operation for only two days, was fatally injured Tuesday […]
Troutman Fresh Farm Produce, 1973
A newspaper photograph of Bruce H. Troutman standing alongside the truck used in his business, Troutman Farm Fresh Produce, Pitman, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo appeared in the West Schuylkill […]
Reading Railroad – Good Spring to Tower City, 1875
An 1875 map showing the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad stations serving Tower City, Keffers and Good Spring, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. _______________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments […]
Lykens – K. K. K. In Charge of Funeral of Miner, 1925
In what was probably the biggest Ku Klux Klan demonstration up to this time in the Lykens Valley area, hundreds of hooded members of that order took charge of the […]
Williams Valley Railroad Abandoned, 1969
While expected, the abandonment of the old Williams Valley Railroad was announced and reported on November 20, 1969, by the West Schuylkill Herald. Passenger service had been abandoned years before, […]