Ashland – Buery’s Grove

An undated colorized post card view of the lake at Buery’s Grove, outside Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, showing canoeists enjoying the lake. This resort was convenient to Hegins Township, Schuylkill […]

Burglar Fleeing Hegins Mining Company is Killed by Police Chief, 1972

On August 28, 1972, a man burglarizing a building at the Hegins Mining Company was caught in the act by Hegins Township Police. In an attempt to avoid apprehension, he […]

Early Colonial History

The first of four pages of the Charter issued to William Penn in 1681 for the Colony of Pennsylvania. The portrait (or cartouche) in the upper left corner is of […]

Hegins – Daughters of America (2)

An undated member badge for the Dolly Madison Council No. 146, Daughters of America, Hegins, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.

Hegins – Daughters of America (1)

Hegins Township School Board Membership, 1946

Both sides of a penny postal card mailed to Howard Troutman, Valley View, Schuylkill County, machine-slogan canceled at Harrisburg Post Office, October 2, 1946, 12 m. The slogan: “Save the […]

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 – Huntsinger Farm Equipment Agency, 1952

A newspaper photo of Robert D. Chambers, from the Valley Citizen, Valley View, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo accompanied an announcement that he was the new owner of the Huntsinger […]