What Happened to These Pen Sketches Made in 1888?
A brief article appearing in the West Schuylkill Herald, July 5, 1967, described a display in the newspaper office window of sketches made in 1888 of Tower City and Porter […]
Divisions Making Up Porter Township
An 1855 map of Porter Township. A brief “official” history of Tower City and Porter Township , Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, was produced for the centennial celebration in 1968. The second […]
Fatal Mine Accidents at the East & West Brookside Collieries, 1905-1921
A list of fatal mine accidents at the East Brookside and West Brookside Mines, 1918-1921, was provided in the Lykens-Williams Valley History, published in 1922. According to that book, names […]