Henry Breslin – Another Victim of Lykens Valley Bigotry?
Henry Breslin was born on 6 April 1846 in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of James Breslin Sr. (1821-1909), an immigrant from Donegal, Ireland, and a Roman Catholic, and […]
Missing Man Found Dead Along Wiconisco Creek, 1942
BOYS FIND BODY OF MISSING MAN ALONG CREEK SUNDAY While walking along the bank of the Wiconisco Creek, near Tower City, Sunday afternoon, two Tower City boys discovered the body […]
Small Plane Crashes at Bendigo Airport, 2017
SACRAMENTO MAN HURT IN PLANE CRASH TOWER CITY – A Sacramento man was seriously injured when the small plane he was flying crashed outside of Tower City Wednesday morning. Herbert […]
World War II – Ray N. Kohr – Killed in France, 1944
Pvt. Ray Kohr Is Killed In France A War Department Telegram from last Friday by Mrs. Ray N. Kohr, Millersburg, stated that her husband, Pvt. Kohr, previously reported missing, in […]
Tower City Area Schools Close to Allow Attendance at Ku Klux Klan Picnic, 1925
It is not known whether the Ku Klux Klan would have survived in the Lykens Valley area without the support of major institutions, including religion, government and the schools. This […]
Richard L. Miller of Tower City, 1961
A 1961 portrait photograph of Richard L. Miller of Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from the 1961 yearbook, Keystonia, of the Kutztown State College, Kutztown, Berks County, […]
Henry A. Lebo of Tower City, 1931
A 1931 portrait photograph of Henry A. Lebo of Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from the 1931 yearbook, Ciarla, of Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, available […]
Ku Klux Klan Cross Burning at Tower City, 1923
From West Schuylkill Herald, 28 December 1923, came the first open evidence of the establishment of the Ku Klux Klan at Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania: KU KLUX KLAN BURNS […]