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 – Drunk Driver Kills Two & Injures One, 1931
On a Saturday evening in July 1931, three youths of Hegins Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, were walking home from a picnic, when they were struck across from the Hegins Township […]
Hegins & Fountain – United Church of Christ
Two 1982 photographs: Friedens United Church of Christ, Hegins, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (top photo); and Christ United Church of Christ, Fountain, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (bottom photo). In “Focus… on the […]
Jacob Dunkelberger (1802-1874) – First of Family to Settle in Hegins
Jacob Dunkelberger was born at Line Mountain, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and baptized 3 April 1802 at Howerter’s Church, at the same place. In 1828 Jacob married Catharine Maurer , who […]