The recovery of the bodies of two other miners killed in an independent (bootleg) mining operation near Good Spring, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, took place over several more days. News reports […]
The Pottsville Republican of February 10, 1939, reported on the progress of the recovery of the bodies of three men buried in a mine cave-in at Good Spring, Schuylkill County, […]
An 1894 advertisement for J. A. Laudenslager, dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Hats, Caps, etc., Valley View, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Country Produce taken in exchange _____________________________________________ From the Premium […]
Photographs of the original St. John’s Lutheran and Reformed Church (top), Pitman, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, also known as the “Little Brick Church,” and the church (bottom) that eventually grew out […]
A newspaper photograph of Centre Street, looking north, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo was taken by Wendy Chubb for the Citizen-Standard, Valley View, June 29, 1990. That edition of […]
A 1969 newspaper photograph of the Soul Brothers, a musical group from the Lykens Valley. The Lykens Standard of February 13, 1969, reported that the group was booked for performance […]
GRATZ HAS BIG FIRE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING NO FIRE FIGHTING APPARATUS, FIVE TOWNS SENT HELP The whole town of Gratz, six hundred population was threatened by a fire on Tuesday […]
VERA I. [SCHWALM] KIMMEL (1921-2021) Vera I. Kimmel, age 100, of Valley View, passed away Thursday, October 7, 2021, at Tremont Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on Friday, […]