Importance of Coal in Tower City Area, 1968

A brief “official” history of Tower City and Porter Township , Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, was produced for the centennial celebration in 1968. Included was a story on the development of […]

Good Spring – Railroad Station (3)

An undated photograph of the remains of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Station at Good Spring, Schuylkill County Pennsylvania. _________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to […]

Good Spring – Railroad Station, 1986

A photograph taken around 1986 of the remains of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Station at Good Spring, Schuylkill County Pennsylvania. _________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as […]

Good Spring – Railroad Station (2)

An undated photo post card view of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Station at Good Spring, Schuylkill County Pennsylvania. _________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to […]

Good Spring – Railroad Station (1)

Mae McLaughlin of Good Spring, 1926

A 1926 portrait photograph of Mae McLaughlin, Good Spring, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from The Serpentine, the 1926 yearbook of the West Chester State Normal School, West Chester, […]

Milton Scheib (1878-1934) – Fatal Injuries From Being Hit By Auto

AUTO INJURIES PROVE FATAL TO HEGINS RESIDENT Injuries received when struck by an automobile in Hegins last Tuesday evening proved fatal to Milton Scheib, 58, prominent resident of that community. […]

The Ku Klux Klan Funeral of Lenore [Schwalm] Stutzman of Hegins, 1925

Lenore Felicia [Schwalm] Otto Stutzman died in 1925. Her obituary, which appeared in the West Schuylkill Herald of Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, told of many achievements in her life, […]