Cock Fighting in Tower City Area
A photograph from around 1915 of a cock fight in the Tower City area, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. This brief story (and photo above) comes from the Centennial History of Tower […]
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. _______________________________________ […]
Buery’s Grove
The following promotional material is from the web site of the Moon Lake Association, operators of what was formerly called Buery’s Grove. The recreational area is located between Weishample, Lavelle […]
Wiconisco & Lykens Athletic Association – Baseball Champions
An undated photograph (colorized) of the Wiconisco & Lykens Athletic Association Baseball Club, who were the champions of the Williams Valley League. None of the individuals in the photo are […]
Elizabethville – Ralph Lehman Memorial Field, 2011
A photo essay from March 2011 of Ralph Lehman Memorial Field at Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This baseball field was reconstructed in 1950. ___________________________________________________ For information on the field prior […]
Roy Zimmerman – Major League Baseball Player from Pine Grove
Roy Zimmerman was born in Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, September 13, 1916, the son of Raymond Zimmerman, and Mary Ellen [Fisher] Zimmerman. Roy’s career in baseball spanned from 1936 […]
Williams Valley – World Record for Longest Basketball Game, 1975
Pictured above are the ten Williams Valley High School Students, Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, who in 1975, set a new world record for the longest basketball game ever played, […]
George “Rinso” Marquette – Minor League Baseball Player from Shamokin
A colorized portrait photograph of George “Rinso” Marquette (1924-2008), born in Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and died in Lebanon, Lebanon County. In 2013, he was inducted into the Middle Atlantic […]