Cock Fighting in the Lykens Valley – Some Brief News Articles
Cock fighting is a blood sport where birds specially raised and fitted to inflict maximum damage on their opponents square off against each other in a match where humans wager […]
Tremont Firemen’s Parade, 1951
Two newspaper photographs of the Tremont Firemen’s Parade, as they appeared in the West Schuylkill Press and Pine Grove Herald, Tremont, July 13, 1951. Photo caption (above): Hosts to over […]
Racist Lodge Dedicates Its New Hall in Gratz, 1873
A photograph taken around 1887 of the Odd Fellows building in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The building, which was built in 1872, was formally dedicated in June 1873, with elaborate […]
Tri-Valley High School, 1962
A 1962 composite photograph of the graduates of the Tri-Valley High School. Hegins Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Identification of the individual photos: Top Row: Harry Beaver; Darlene Bixler; Carl Bowman; […]
Eugene D. Boyer of Valley View, 1951
A 1951 portrait photograph of Eugene D. Boyer of Valley View, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from the 1951 yearbook, The Spectrum, of Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, […]
The Porter Tunnel Mine Disaster, 1977 (3)
Articles from the West Schuylkill Herald, a weekly newspaper published in Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, beginning March 17, 1977 and concluding March 31, 1977. The articles are related to […]
The Porter Tunnel Mine Disaster, 1977 (2)
The front page of the West Schuylkill Herald for March 10, 1977, a weekly newspaper published in Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The articles in that paper are related to […]
The Porter Tunnel Mine Disaster, 1977 (1)
The front page of the West Schuylkill Herald for March 3, 1977, a weekly newspaper published in Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The articles in that paper are related to […]