The Porter Tunnel mine disaster occurred on March 1, 1977, near Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Related photos appeared in editions of the Evening Herald, Pottsville, on subsequent dates. This […]
Samuel H. Hamilton enrolled in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company E, on 7 September 1861 at Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was mustered into service at Harrisburg on 17 October […]
An undated photo post card entitled “Dumping Culm,” at Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Culm was the waste product from the mining operations in the anthracite region and for a long […]
Articles from the West Schuylkill Herald, a weekly newspaper published in Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, beginning March 17, 1977 and concluding March 31, 1977. The articles are related to […]
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 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 […]
A photograph of a painting, “The Shaker,” by Williamstown artist George Tschamber. The image is of a coal breaker similar to those found in the anthracite region where Williamstown is […]
In the same edition of the Elizabethville Echo in which the editor, Milton A. Miller flippantly dismissed African American criticisms to the radio show, Amos ‘n Andy, an article appeared […]