Importance of Coal in Tower City Area, 1968
A brief “official” history of Tower City and Porter Township , Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, was produced for the centennial celebration in 1968. Included was a story on the development of […]
East Brookside Mine Explosion Kills 20 in 1913
An undated photo post card view of the East Brookside coal mine shaft in Porter Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. In March 1977, at the time miners were trapped and killed […]
Divisions Making Up Porter Township
An 1855 map of Porter Township. A brief “official” history of Tower City and Porter Township , Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, was produced for the centennial celebration in 1968. The second […]
Sightseeing Plane Rides from Kessler Airport, 1963
40 GO SIGHTSEEING Approximately 40 persons took advantage of the sightseeing flights last Sunday from the Kessler Airport southwest of Tower City. First passenger shortly afternoon was John J. Meehan […]
Lynn Bendigo (1904-1949) – Prominent Orwin Resident Crushed by Truck
LYNN BENDIGO DIES UNDER TRUCK BODY Sudden and tragic death dame to one of Orwin‘s best known residents on Wednesday morning at 7:30 o’clock. The lifeless body of Lynn L. […]
The Ku Klux Klan Funeral of Simon Nelson of Orwin, 1925
Previously on this blog, the death and funeral of Simon Nelson was described: Simon Peter Nelson was born on 23 October 1878, in Orwin, Porter Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, the […]
Paul M. Humanick of Reinerton, 1941
A 1941 portrait photograph of Paul M. Humanick of Reinerton, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from the 1941 yearbook, Ciarla, of Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, available in […]
Fatal Mine Accidents at the East & West Brookside Collieries, 1905-1921
A list of fatal mine accidents at the East Brookside and West Brookside Mines, 1918-1921, was provided in the Lykens-Williams Valley History, published in 1922. According to that book, names […]