Reading Ends Rail Service to Lykens, 1925
The plan of the Reading Railroad Company to end passenger train service to Lykens Valley area communities, was announced in the Lykens Standard, November 13, 1925. The trains were to […]
Killing a Robber in the Mahanoy Valley, 1876 (1)
Part 1. The Nathan Henninger farm was located in Cameron Township, near Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. While four to six men were burglarizing Henninger’s stone house, a gunfire exchange took place, and one […]
Coal Castles – Colorado Colliery (Packer No. 1)
A photograph from September 1931 of miners on their way to work in the mine. None of the individuals in the photo are identified by name. From a series of […]
Centralia – Lehigh Valley Railroad Station
An undated photograph of the Lehigh Valley Railroad station at Centralia, Columbia County, Pennsylvania. Centralia is located less than two miles north of Ashland, Schuylkill County. About three miles to […]
The Seitzinger House of Abortion, 1896
A young girl ran screaming “murder” as she escaped from a house of abortion in Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania in 1896. The operators of the house, Henry H. Seitzinger and […]