Sacramento Post Office, 1929
A small, greeting-card-sized envelope mailed from the Sacramento Post Office, Sacramento, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The hand cancel give the date of mailing as 28 March 1929 and the time as […]
Dietrich Family Portrait Saved & Passed to the Next Generation
On 30 March 2017, a photograph appeared in The Citizen-Standard (Valley View, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania) along with the following caption: Who are they? This old photo was recently found after […]
Abundance of Coal in Valley, 1911
The Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, begun in 1910, with plans to connect Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, with Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, turned out to be a colossal failure. In addition to […]
Midland Pennsylvania Railroad Prospectus, 1911
The Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, begun in 1910, with plans to connect Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, with Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, turned out to be a colossal failure. In addition to […]
Midland Pennsylvania Railroad To Open Lykens Valley to Commerce, 1911
The Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, begun in 1910, with plans to connect Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, with Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, turned out to be a colossal failure. In addition to […]
Leslie James Good (1912-1941)
HEGINS MAN KILLED BY FALLING TREE Leslie J. Good, age 29 years, of Hegins, lost his life when struck by a falling tree, while he was cutting timber on the […]
Hannah Rebecca [Michael] Daniels (1892-1951)
HANNAH DANIELS DIED 26 MAY 1951 Hannah Rebecca Daniels, 58, died 26 May 1951 in Gratz at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Robert Rothermel. She was born in Jackson […]
Harold Noah Klinger (1913-1941) – Loses Life in Mine Accident
LOSES LIFE IN MINING ACCIDENT Funeral services for Harold N. Klinger, 28, of Hegins, were held from the residence, Sunday afternoon, Rev. Charles Brodell, and Rev. E. T. Sheets officiated. […]