Shamokin – F & S Brewery
An undated photograph of two workers making kegs at the old F & S Brewery, Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. The photo appeared in the “Looking Back” feature of the Pottsville Republican […]
Shamokin – Hack & Sons Hardware Store
A newspaper photograph of an undated view of the Hack and Sons Hardware Store, Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. The photo appeared in the Pottsville Republican & Herald, April 30, 2006 in […]
Shamokin – Bus to Edgewood Park
An undated photograph of the Shamokin and Trevorton Bus Line Company’s bus arriving at Edgewood Park, Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. The photo appeared in the “Looking Back” feature of the […]
Shamokin – Shamokin Street, 1895
A 1895 photograph of the Shamokin Street, Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. The photo was taken about four years after the railroad track was laid. The photo appeared in the “Looking Back” feature […]
Shamokin – Original High School Building
A newspaper photograph of an undated view of the original Shamokin High School building, Shamokin, Northumberland County, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo appeared in the Pottsville Republican & Herald, February 15, […]
Oscar Charleston – Baseball Star in Negro Leagues
Oscar Charleston played centerfield for the Harrisburg Giants, a team in the Eastern Colored League, for four seasons, 1924-1927, at a time when the Ku Klux Klan was most active […]
Bud Weiser – Major League Baseball Player from Shamokin
Bud Weiser was born in Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, 8 Jan 1891, and died at that same place, July 31, 1961. He is buried at the I. O. O. F. […]
Coal Castles – Henry Clay Colliery
From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville Republican and Herald in 1997: The Henry Clay Colliery was located south of Shamokin. The colliery was opened by a drift driven west […]