A portrait of Conrad Weiser (1696-1760). Early Colonial history in the area known today as Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, is told by Joseph H. Zerbey in Volume 4 of his History of Pottsville and Schuylkill […]
Title: Breaker Boys Enjoy the Strike Credit: Philadelphia Inquirer, September 30, 1900, page 2, via Newspapers.com. ______________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
Title: Miner’s Wife and Admiral Dewey’s Namesake. Credit: Philadelphia Inquirer, September 30, 1900, page 2, via Newspapers.com. ______________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
A cut from a 1755 map of British and French Dominions in North American, by John Mitchell, focusing on southeastern and south-central Pennsylvania. The map is from the collection of […]
Benjamin West‘s painting in 1771 of William Penn‘s 1682 treaty with the Lenape Indians. The early history of Indians in the area known today as Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, is told […]
Title: Part of One Miner’s Family. Credit: Philadelphia Inquirer, September 30, 1900, page 2, via Newspapers.com. ______________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
Title: Strikers and their Families Putting in Their Idle Time During the Strike. Photo Credit: Philadelphia Inquirer, September 30, 1900, page 1, via Newspapers.com. ________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should […]
A colorized newspaper photograph of the May 27, 1947, senior class trip of Reilly Township High School, Reilly Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, to Washington, D. C. Identified: Front Row: Madge Minnichback; […]