Bootleg Mining
A brief “official” history of Tower City and Porter Township , Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, was produced for the centennial celebration in 1968. Included was a section on the history of […]
Porter Township – Old Log House at Foot of Stoney Mountain
An undated photograph of the old log house at the foot of Stoney Mountain, Porter Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The man and woman are not identified. _______________________________________ Photo is from […]
Importance of Coal in Tower City Area, 1968
A brief “official” history of Tower City and Porter Township , Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, was produced for the centennial celebration in 1968. Included was a story on the development of […]
East Brookside Mine Explosion Kills 20 in 1913
An undated photo post card view of the East Brookside coal mine shaft in Porter Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. In March 1977, at the time miners were trapped and killed […]
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 […]
History of Tower City & Porter Township, 1868-1968
A brief “official” history of Tower City and Porter Township , Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, as produced for the centennial celebration 1968: ____________________________________ HISTORY OF TOWER CITY and Porter Township, 1868-1968 […]
Porter Township High School, 1939
A composite photograph of the graduates of the Class of 1939, Porter Township High School, Porter Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Members of the class pictured: Top Row: Henry Bechtel; Olive […]
Eisenhower Family Civil War Veterans
Entering Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, from the west on Route 209, a large stone monument can be seen up on a grassy bank on the right side of the road. […]