Ashland – Buery’s Grove
An undated colorized post card view of the lake at Buery’s Grove, outside Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, showing canoeists enjoying the lake. This resort was convenient to Hegins Township, Schuylkill […]
Reinerton – “Thistle Burr” Prank Results in Murder, 1947
A December 1947 newspaper photograph (colorized) of William Riskis, 58-year-old miner of Reinerton, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, who was held at Pottsville and charged with the murder of fellow miner, Stanley […]
Gratz – Fire East of Town Kills Mother & Daughter, 1882
The grave of Savilla [Coleman] Hepler and her daughter Mary Martha Hepler can be found at St. Michael’s United Church of Christ Cemetery, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Both were […]
Robert Michaels Accidentally Kills Joseph Boras, 1940
In April 1940, 20-year-old handyman, Robert Michaels, at a coal shaker office near Tower City, decided to show off his “quick draw skills” with his .38 calibre revolver to a […]
Tower City Boy Tells How He Killed Friend by Accident, 1931
BOY OF 12 HELD FOR MURDER PURSUES STUDIES; DOES NOT REALIZE SERIOUS SITUATION By Marguerite E. Knipe Sorry, but asserting it was entirely an accident, 12-year-old Mark English, Tower City, […]
Tower City High School, 1940
A photograph of the members of the Class of 1940 of Tower City High School, Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Front Row: Mary Faust; Robert Reiner; Albert Achenbach; Robert Neyer; Jane […]
Tower City Boy, 12, Kills Friend, 10 – Charged with Murder, 1931
On October 28, 1931, a 12-year old Tower City boy named Mark Norman English saw a gun on the seat of a car parked in front of his house. He […]
Ray Bohner Killed While Hunting in 1932 – Who Fired the Shot?
Ray W. Bohner‘s death occurred while he was on a hunting party. The cause of death was an accidental discharge of a gun. The article which appeared in the Lykens […]