Porter Township High School – 1874
The first building used as Porter Township High School, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, was built in 1874 and was located on the northeast corner of Fourth Street and Wiconisco Avenue, Tower […]
History of Schools in Tower City & Porter Township to 1871
At the time of the Tower City & Porter Township Centennial, 1968, this building in Reinerton, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, was the oldest existing school building. It was built in 1871. […]
Sarah [Spatzer] Miller (1868-1968) – Almost a Centenarian
MRS. SARAH A. MILLER – CENTENNIAL MOTHER AND OLDEST RESIDENT, DIED Mrs. Sarah A. Miller, 99, of 115 N. Fourth Street, Tower City‘s oldest resident, died Thursday evening at her […]
Porter Township High School, 1937
A photograph of the 1937 graduating class of the Porter Township High School, Porter Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo appeared in the West Schuylkill Herald, May 28, 1937 along […]
Porter Township High School – Baseball Team, 1937
A newspaper photograph of the 1937 baseball team of Porter Township High School, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Identified in the photo which appeared in the West Schuylkill Herald, Tower City, May […]
Williamstown High School – Football, 1949
A 1949 photograph of the football team of Williamstown High School, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. None of those pictured are identified. However, the opponents for the season are named along […]
Cock Fighting in Tower City Area
A photograph from around 1915 of a cock fight in the Tower City area, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. This brief story (and photo above) comes from the Centennial History of Tower […]
If the Seeley Tunnel Had Been Completed?
The Seeley Tunnel was a project undertaken in 1843. The intent was build a railroad from Dauphin Borough through Clarks Valley in Dauphin County, to Ashland in Schuylkill County. However, […]