Janet M. Knecht of Tower City, 1951
A 1951 portrait photograph of Janet N. Knecht of Valley View, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from the 1951 yearbook, The Spectrum, of Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, […]
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 […]
The Porter Tunnel Mine Disaster, 1977 (1)
The front page of the West Schuylkill Herald for March 3, 1977, a weekly newspaper published in Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The articles in that paper are related to […]
Explosion and Fire at Williamstown, 1921
An article from the Harrisburg Telegraph, July 26, 1921, describing the huge fire at Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, which also resulted in a labor dispute at the Lesher and Bausher […]
Proposed Lykens Valley Country Club, 1929
PROPOSED COUNTRY CLUB BUILDING A special meeting of members of the Lykens Valley Country Club was held at Hotel Lykens recently. A 50-acre farm situated two miles west of Lykens […]
Tower City – World War Welcome Home Parade,1919
A 1919 photograph of the welcome home celebration for World War I veterans in Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. _______________________________________ Photo is from the West Schuylkill Herald (Tower City), June […]
Porter-Tower High School, 1962
A 1962 composite photograph of the graduates of the Porter Township – Tower City High School. Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Identification of the individual photos: Top Row: Harvey Adams; […]
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 […]