Williamstown – Levi Miller Killed in Mines, 1900
From the Lykens Register, May 17, 1900: A MINE DISASTER A fatal mine disaster occurred int eh mines at Williamstown, Monday morning, that resulted in the death of one man […]
Coal Castles – Brookside Colliery
From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville Republican and Herald in 1997: Located north of Tower City in the Williams Valley, the Brookside Colliery was originally operated as two […]
Williamstown – Matter & Stroup, 1894
An 1894 advertisement for Matter and Stroup, Merchant Tailors, Market Street, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. _____________________________________________ From the Premium Book for the 1894 Gratz Fair. Corrections and additional information should be added […]
Williamstown – Davis the Druggist, 1894
An 1894 advertisement for T. B. Davis, “The Druggist,” at Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. HAS A FULL LINE. _____________________________________________ From the Premium Book for the 1894 Gratz Fair. Corrections and additional information […]
Williamstown House, 1894
An 1894 advertisement for the Williamstown House, Solomon Hess, proprietor, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. _____________________________________________ From the Premium Book for the 1894 Gratz Fair. Corrections and additional information should be added as […]
Good Spring – Three Gratz Men Killed in Mine Cave-In, 1939 (1)
The front page of the Pottsville Republican, February 9, 1939, reporting that three men from Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, were buried in a bootleg mine cave-in near Good Spring, Schuylkill […]
Williamstown – Seven Casualties in Mine Explosion, 1900
This story from the Lykens Register, June 14, 1900: TERRIBLE MINE ACCIDENT Seven Men at Horrible Burned by an Explosion and Injured by Flying Rock in the Mines at Williamstown. […]
Williamstown – Matter & Stroup Merchant Tailors, 1894
An 1894 advertisement for J. L. Matter and J. H. Stroup, Merchant Tailors and Dealers in Gents Furnishing Goods, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. A neat Fit guaranteed and the Latest […]