Marie M. Artz (1922-2022) – Centenarian
MARIE M. ARTZ Marie M. Artz, age 100, formerly of Valley View, passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at Providence Place, Pine Grove. She was born on Sunday, May 7, […]
Pitman Man Makes TV Debut at Age 80, 2000
A newspaper photograph of Harry H. “Lut” Willier Jr. of Pitman, Schuylkill County, making his television debut on Berks Community Television (BCTV) in 1980, singing his copyrighted son, “Uff Waxe” […]
Elizabethville – Martha Roshon Photography
Above, a cabinet card photograph of Marjorie Magdalene “Maggie [Shadle] Romberger (1900-1976) and her younger sister Hannah Ellen [Shadle] Messner (1902-1997). The photograph was taken around 1905 at Roshon‘s Studio, […]
The Great Gratz Fire of 1924
Many descriptions of the Great Gratz Fire of November 4, 1924, have been published – including the accounts of newspapers of the local area and region and summaries of the […]
Early Railroads Near Tower City
A colorized photograph of the Williams Valley Railroad station at Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, built after 1892 when a rail line was extended to Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. According […]
Hegins Township High School – Baseball, 1951
A colorized black & white photograph of the baseball team of Hegins Township High School, Hegins Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. None of the individuals in the photo are identified. _______________________________________ […]
If the Seeley Tunnel Had Been Completed?
The Seeley Tunnel was a project undertaken in 1843. The intent was build a railroad from Dauphin Borough through Clarks Valley in Dauphin County, to Ashland in Schuylkill County. However, […]
Ashland – Buery’s Grove
An undated colorized post card view of the lake at Buery’s Grove, outside Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, showing canoeists enjoying the lake. This resort was convenient to Hegins Township, Schuylkill […]