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Showing posts with label county: schuylkill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label county: schuylkill. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 15, 2026

1902 Anthracite Coal Strike, Lackawanna and Schuylkill Counties

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I hope that whatever holiday (if any) that my readers observed in the past couple of weeks, it was enjoyable and peaceful for you. Someone n...
Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Sheppton Mine Disaster and Rescue, Sheppton, Schuylkill County

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I really, really don't understand how it is November already. We turn the clocks back in a few days, and vote next week, and it just doe...
Wednesday, February 9, 2022

John Siney, St. Clair, Schuylkill County

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As you're reading this, I've just returned from my first-ever visit to Lititz, in Lancaster County. Spent some time collecting marke...
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Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Ashland Boys' Association, Ashland, Schuylkill County

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Today I'm a bit distracted by the fact that it's my grandfather's birthday. He would have been 91 today, and I miss him a lot. H...
Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Fort Franklin, Andreas, Schuylkill County

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The Schuylkill County Historical Society is following this blog on Facebook! I was so excited to learn this that I was determined to get to ...
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Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Little Lithuania USA, Shenandoah, Schuylkill County

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It was my hope, for this week's post, that I'd get the chance to drive into Berks County and pick up a couple of markers there. Unfo...
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Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Mahanoy Plane, Frackville, Schuylkill County

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Happy New Year, friends and readers! I hope that this year, there will be more opportunity for me to get out and about to photograph subject...
Wednesday, November 4, 2020

John O'Hara, Pottsville, Schuylkill County

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Before I get started with the latest post, I wanted to offer a small shout-out to the women of the Herstory Club ! This internet collective ...
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Wednesday, July 15, 2020

The Dorsey Brothers, Shenandoah, Schuylkill County

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I admit that I've never been a particular fan of jazz or big band music. I don't ardently dislike it or anything; it just isn't ...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Victor Schertzinger, Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County

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Anyone else having trouble remembering what day it is? I will admit that if I didn't have a reminder on my phone to tell me that today ...
Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Pottsville Maroons, Pottsville, Schuylkill County

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Today we're going to be looking at a subject that doesn't usually interest me: football. After all, this is Super Bowl weekend comin...
Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Molly Maguire Executions, Carbon and Schuylkill Counties

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This is a new one for the blog - the first cross-county post. Throughout Pennsylvania there are a number of markers which are related - eit...
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Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Burd Patterson, Pottsville, Schuylkill County

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Today we make the blog's first foray into Schuylkill County (that's "SKOO-kill," for those of you who aren't from aro...