The Death of Benjamin Seiders, 1896
A story about a young Lykens attorney, Henry E. Buffington, and how he established a legal principle in Pennsylvania, that an individual cannot be convicted for a crime for which […]
Ten Die in Williamstown Colliery Mine Accident, 1904 (2)
Obituaries of the ten men who died of toxic fumes in the mining accident that occurred on May 25, 1904 at the Williamstown Colliery. From the Lykens Standard, June 3, […]
Reinerton – Spur Bottling Company
A bottle cap from Spur Bottling Company, Reinerton, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. __________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
The Mine Disaster at Porter Tunnel, 1977 (2)
The front page of the Evening Herald, Pottsville, March 3, 1977, reporting on the mining disaster at the Porter Tunnel, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, which occurred on March 1, 1977. Articles […]
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 […]
Klansman Harvey Bowers Killed in Auto Crash, 1924
A blog post on Jake Wynn‘s Wynning History, featured a story about Ku Klux Klan member Harvey A. Bowers, May 17, 2018, who was killed in a car crash on […]
The Porter Tunnel Mine Disaster, 1977 (2)
The front page of the West Schuylkill Herald for March 10, 1977, a weekly newspaper published in Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The articles in that paper are related to […]
Bootleg Mining
A brief “official” history of Tower City and Porter Township , Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, was produced for the centennial celebration in 1968. Included was a section on the history of […]