Rev. Edward W. Cloughen began his service of pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, in August 1972. On September 1972, he was installed as pastor. […]
The front page of the West Schuylkill Herald, November 11, 1960, told area residents of the election of John F. Kennedy to the presidency of the United States. The headline […]
A newspaper photograph of Bob Watkins old Texaco Service Station on East Grand Avenue, Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, as it appeared in an article in the West Schuylkill Herald, […]
A newspaper photograph of the Klaudt Indian Family of Atlanta, Georgia, advertising their July 2, 1972, performance at Evangel Park, Muir, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The performance was sponsored by the […]
A photograph taken in Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, in February 1961, at a retirement dinner honoring two women for their long-time service as postmasters. At far right is Mrs. Jennie […]
A newspaper photo and caption from the Lykens Standard, July 3, 1925. Headline: TROLLEY BRIDGE RAZED. The caption reads as follows: The trolley bridge, familiarly known by all as “the […]
An undated photograph of the trolley bridge at Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The following story is from the Souvenir Book for the Wiconisco Sesquicentennial, 1839-1989: THE TROLLEY LINE During the […]
A portrait of Gov. Arthur H. James (1883-1973), a Republican who took the side of the “bootleg” miners in the debate over strip mining in the southern anthracite coal fields. […]