Man Killed While Sleeping on Railroad Tracks, 1932
Strange, but true, this story appeared in the West Schuylkill Herald, July 15, 1932, about a man who was fishing and hunting who became tired and decided to rest between […]
Williams Valley Railroad Abandoned, 1969
While expected, the abandonment of the old Williams Valley Railroad was announced and reported on November 20, 1969, by the West Schuylkill Herald. Passenger service had been abandoned years before, […]
Welsh Brother Circus at Lykens, 1915
The Welsh Brothers Circus, which was scheduled to perform in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on Monday, August 23, 1915, as noted in the above newspaper advertisement of August 13, 1915, […]
What Happened to These Pen Sketches Made in 1888?
A brief article appearing in the West Schuylkill Herald, July 5, 1967, described a display in the newspaper office window of sketches made in 1888 of Tower City and Porter […]
Diane M. Erdman of Tower City, 1963
A 1963 portrait photograph of Diane M. Erdman of Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from The Cumberland, the 1963 yearbook of the Shippensburg State College, Shippensburg, Cumberland […]
John J. Gress of Tower City, 1935
A 1935 portrait photograph of John J. Gress of Tower City, Shuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from The Obiter, the 1935 yearbook of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, Bloomsburg, […]
Ku Klux Klan Riot at Lilly, 1924
The front page of the Altoona Mirror, April 7, 1924, describing events of two days earlier. Lilly is a small town in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, about 125 miles west of […]
The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
On May 31 and June 1, 1921, mobs of White residents of Tulsa, Oklahoma, some deputized by city authorities, descended on the Black neighborhood of Greenwood, also known as Black […]