Spring Glen – 5-Year-Old Boy Kills 3-Year-Old Sister, 1906
A five-year-old boy picked up a loaded gun and somehow was able to discharge it. In doing so, he killed his three-year-old sister. The father, Jacob Shade had left the […]
Ten Die in Williamstown Colliery Mine Accident, 1904 (2)
Obituaries of the ten men who died of toxic fumes in the mining accident that occurred on May 25, 1904 at the Williamstown Colliery. From the Lykens Standard, June 3, […]
Ten Die in Williamstown Colliery Mine Accident, 1904 (1)
Articles describing the mining accident that occurred on May 25, 1904 at the Williamstown Colliery, where ten men died as a result of toxic fumes in the tunnel. _______________________________________ From […]
Bear Valley Mine Explosion Kills Six, 1908 (2)
This post is part of a series of articles on the explosion that occurred at Bear Valley, No. 1 Shaft, Summit Branch Colliery, near Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, July 15, […]
Midland Pennsylvania Railroad – Proposed by Lykens Valley Board of Trade, 1910
The 1910 cover of the brochure published by the Lykens Valley Board of Trade presenting the benefits to be attained by the construction of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad. The railroad […]
Springville (Spring Glen) Band
An undated photograph of the Springville Band. Springville was the former name of Spring Glen, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. This photo appeared in the Citizen-Standard, Valley View, Schuylkill County, on 20 […]
Farmers Picnic at Scheib’s Grove, August 1911
The big event of August 1911 for promotion of the Lykens Valley Board of Trade and the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad was held at Scheib’s Grove near Springville [now Spring Glen], […]
Board of Trade Meeting Held at Hegins, September 1911
With the plans for the building of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad came a number of so-called “investors” who sought money-making opportunities in the Lykens Valley. At a meeting held in […]