A photograph taken March 7, 1904, showing the water height during the flood which occurred around East Laurel Street and the old iron bridge, Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. ____________________________________________________ From […]
GUY L. L. MILLER, JOLIETT, DIES UNDER COAL FALL AT INDEPENDENT MINE A 24-year-old Joliett man employed at an independent mining operation for only two days, was fatally injured Tuesday […]
MRS. IGNATZ DERSSEL Mrs. Ignatz Dressel of North Second Street, died on Sunday of heart trouble and old age, after an illness of about four weeks, aged 74 years and […]
On January 16, 1916, Joseph R. Workman of Tremont, Schuylkill County, formerly of Williamstown, Dauphin County, wrote a letter to his pastor, Rev. N. A. Barr, from El Paso, Texas, […]
On November 30, 1972, the West Schuylkill Herald, Tower City, reported on the success of the Tremont Area Medical Committee in convincing Dr. Won Lee to re-locate in the Borough […]
Normally, one person killed in a mine accident did not result in extensive news coverage. In this case though the victim was a well-known sports figure who had a brief, […]
A photograph taken in Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, in February 1961, at a retirement dinner honoring two women for their long-time service as postmasters. At far right is Mrs. Jennie […]
This series of blog posts presents some original source material in the form of letters written by William H. Adams to the Pine Grove Press-Herald in 1977 related to the […]