Mahantongo Valley
Nestled in the pocket of the Blue Mountains of the Appalachians, the Mahantongo Valley extends east from the Susquehana River for seventeen miles. Bordered to the north by Line Mountain, it extends […]
Lydia L. [Gahres] Rebuck (1921-2021) – Almost a Centenarian
LYDIA L. [GAHRES] REBUCK Lydia L. Rebuck, 99, of Orwin, entered into her heavenly home, Sunday, February 21, 2021 at the Hershey Medical Center. Born in Pitman, April 29, 1921, a […]
Pitman Man Makes TV Debut at Age 80, 2000
A newspaper photograph of Harry H. “Lut” Willier Jr. of Pitman, Schuylkill County, making his television debut on Berks Community Television (BCTV) in 1980, singing his copyrighted son, “Uff Waxe” […]
A Murder-Suicide in Pitman, 1938
On May 2, 1938, Charles Klein of Pitman, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, shot and killed his wife while having an argument with her on the lawn of her parent’s house. He […]
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 […]
Leck Kill – History of Christ United Church of Christ to 1953
Photographs of the original St. John’s Lutheran and Reformed Church (top), Pitman, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, also known as the “Little Brick Church,” and the church (bottom) that eventually grew out […]
Line Mountain Post Office
An undated photograph of the Line Mountain Post Office, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, which operated at this building until 1932 when it was permanently closed. This post office was located about […]
Postmasters of Leck Kill, 1872-1992
Photographs of the inside and outside of Geist’s Store and Tavern, Leck Kill, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. The top photo, taken in 1992, features, left to right, Shirley Geist, who began […]