Tower City – A Winter View, 1900
A newspaper photograph of a 1900 birds-eye view of Tower City and the collieries on the mountain. The photo appeared in the West Schuylkill Herald, November 22, 1967, under the […]
Tropical Storm Agnes as Reported by the West Schuylkill Herald, 1972
And the Rains Came! WORST NATURAL DISASTER IN A LIFETIME Although Tower City and Porter Township, except for Sheridan, suffered less damage from water than many of the other surrounding […]
The Trolley Line from Lykens to Reiner City (Muir)
An undated photograph of the trolley bridge at Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The following story is from the Souvenir Book for the Wiconisco Sesquicentennial, 1839-1989: THE TROLLEY LINE During the […]
William H. “Bill” Byerly – Baseball Star & World War II Veteran
William H. “Bill” Byerly was a widely-known, highly-talented baseball player in the Lykens Valley area in the decade of the 1930s and into the early 1940s. In 1932, he was […]
Man Killed While Sleeping on Railroad Tracks, 1932
Strange, but true, this story appeared in the West Schuylkill Herald, July 15, 1932, about a man who was fishing and hunting who became tired and decided to rest between […]
What Happened to These Pen Sketches Made in 1888?
A brief article appearing in the West Schuylkill Herald, July 5, 1967, described a display in the newspaper office window of sketches made in 1888 of Tower City and Porter […]
William B. Spang of Sheridan, 1948
A 1948 portrait photograph of William P. Spang, of Sheridan, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from The Serpentine, the 1948 yearbook of the West Chester State Teachers College, West […]
Mining Disaster at East Brookside, 1913 (3)
A series of newspaper articles and other memorabilia describing the mining disaster at East Brookside Colliery near Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, that occurred on August 2, 1913, in which […]