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| One hundred years ago, one of these four views may have been how you entered Schuylkill Haven. Clockwise from the upper left image is: the trolley entering town from Pottsville to the north , Center Avenue how it would have appeared entering the town in a horse and wagon, the Pennsylvania Railroad station on Haven Street and the Reading Railroad station on Main Street. |
| Welcome to the Schuylkill Haven History Web Page. This web page was created on January 1, 2007 due to my life long interest in the history of our town. It is being presented with as much accuracy as possible from the sources where the information is obtained. The site is a work in progress with changes and additions occurring regularly. Enjoy your visit and feel free to send your comments and suggestions. If you have pictures or information you would like to share, contact me at: richardjnagle@schuylkillhavenhistory.com Richard J. Nagle - Site Creator and Administrator |
| The website consists of twenty different pages at the present time, each offering information within a distinct topic. Each page is in a different stage of progress and will be updated with new information and images at varying paces. Navigation on the site is done simply by clicking on any blue bar. |
Schuylkill Haven History
Welcome to a view into the past....
Welcome to a view into the past....
| Note: Click on each picture here and on many throughout the site and you will have a larger view. Clicking on it again to zoom in, may increase clarity and expose greater detail in the picture. |
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| This website is dedicated to my wonderful wife, Lynn M. Nagle, who will be forever missed. March 27,1959 - September 17, 2006 |
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| Thank you for your continued interest. On June 15, the site logged it's 336,000th page view. |
| LAST UPDATED: JUNE 21 MANY PAGES JUST UPDATED YEARS GONE BY: UPDATED FOR JUNE 1917 WITH A COLLECTION OF INTERESTING ARTICLES FROM THE CALL GIVING A NICE FLAVOR OF THE TOWN A HUNDRED YEARS AGO HISTORY PAGE: NEW ARTICLES ADDED IN THE GREAT WAR" SECTION INCLUDING DOVES FLY DURING A FLAG UNFURLING AT BAKER BROTHERS MILL, DRAFT BOARD RECEIVES $2,000 OFFER TO EXEMPT A MAN FROM THE DRAFT, DRAFTED MEN LEAVE FOR SERVICE, PARADE AND MASS MEETING HELD FOR LIBERTY BOND DRIVE, FUNERAL OF ROBERT E. BAKER, TOWN'S FIRST WAR DEATH IS HELD, ALL IN 1917 AND IN 1932 THE 103RD ENGINEERS PLAN A REUNION TUMBLING RUN PAGE: NEW ARTICLES JUST ADDED INCLUDING: A BANNER OPENING DAY AT TUMBLING RUN AND QUESTIONS OVER ITS FUTURE PLUS BASEBALL FANS FIGHT AT THE END OF A GAME ALL IN 1910, TWO NARROWLY ESCAPE DROWNING IN 1907 AND ROBBERS CAUGHT IN THE ACT AT A BOAT HOUSE IN 1912 CRIME PAGE: NEW ARTICLES ADDED, ALL FROM 1917 AND INCLUDING: TWO GIRLS JUMP FROM SPEEDING CAR TO ELUDE CAPTORS, A WOMAN ATTACKED IN HER HOME ON BROADWAY, A SNOWBALL RESULTS IN AN ARREST, CHICKEN THIEVES STEAL FROM A MINISTER AND OTHER MINOR CRIMES BUSINESSES PAGE : NEW ARTICLES FROM 1917 JUST ADDED INCLUDING: BASEBALL GREAT JAKE DAUBERT REOPENS THE EUCLID THEATRE, LAUTENBACHER'S UNDERWEAR MILL RESTARTS OPERATIONS, THE ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT MAKES MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS, O. O. BAST SELLS HIS GROCERY BUSINESS AND THE SPRING GARDEN HOTEL HAS A NEW OWNER SCHOOL DAYS PAGE: NEW ARTICLES JUST ADDED INCLUDING OPEN HOUSE AT THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL IN 1917, PUPILS PARADE FOR A NEW SCHOOL AND THE PTA HOLDS ITS ANNUAL DRIVE IN 1930 AND CONCERN FOR STUDENT HEALTH IN 1931 BRINGS ABOUT THE DISTRIBUTION OF MILK FOR POOR STUDENTS RAILROAD PAGE: NEW STORIES ADDED TO THE RAILROAD PAGE INCLUDING: WAGES INCREASED FOR READING CAR SHOP WORKERS IN 1917 AND READING COMPANY FILLS IN PART OF THE OLD CANAL WHILE THE PENNSY SEEKS NEW INDUSTRIAL SITES IN TOWN IN 1916. NEW ARTICLES ON THE TROLLEY SECTION INCLUDE THE GRUESOME DEATH OF MORRIS KNARR ON THE TROLLEY TRACKS NORTH OF TOWN AND THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF SERVICE IS NOTED NOTABLE NEWS: NEW ARTICLES INCLUDING: A MOVE TO END THE SALE OF LIQUOR TO PAUPERS FROM THE ALMSHOUSE IN 1913, A WOMAN PREDICTS HER DEATH A YEAR IN ADVANCE WITHIN FIVE MINUTES AND THE IRISH FLAT BECOMES HOME TO A "BOOZE PARK" IN 1917 AND 1932 SEES THE LIKELY END OF CONNOR BASEBALL FIELD FIRES PAGE: NEW ARTICLES ON FIRES IN 1917 INCLUDING ORWIGSBURG MAN ARRESTED FOR ARSON IN FIRE AT THE BOWEN WASHERY AND QUICK ACTION PREVENTS MAJOR FIRES AT THE UNION KNITTING MILL AND THE ROLLING MILL CIVIL WAR PAGE: NEW OBITUARIES OF VETERANS LEWIS NOECKER, THOMAS LUCKENS, LIVINGSTON SAYLOR AND ADAM LLOYD JUST ADDED TO THE PAGE PHOTO ALBUM: NEW PICTURES JUST ADDED INCLUDING IMAGES OF THE TROLLEY NEAR ADAMSDALE AND A SET OF PICTURES SHOWING THE REMOVAL OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD TRACKS IN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN WORLD WAR TWO PAGE: JUST ADDED IS THE FOURTH AND FINAL INSTALLMENT OF THE STORY OF GUSTAV "FRED" ANCHORSTAR, SCHUYLKILL HAVEN MAN CAPTURED DURING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE AND WHO DIED AT BERGA, A NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMP. HIS TRAGIC TALE IS A MUST READ. UNION CEMETERY PAGE: NEW ARTICLES ADDED INCLUDING LIGHTNING DESTROYS THE TOOL SHED, A PLAN TO BETTER CARE FOR GRAVES IS ESTABLISHED AND PLANS FOR THE MAUSOLEUM ARE SET. A NEW SET OF PICTURES OF INTERESTING AND IMPORTANT HEADSTONES ALSO ADDED. BURIAL RECORDS UP TO 1996 ARE NOW ALSO AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST SCHUYLKILL CANAL PAGE: NEW ARTICLES JUST ADDED INCLUDING THE INTERESTING OBITUARY FOR LOCK TENDER JOHN BOUSSUM, LOW WATER FROM DROUGHT IN 1841, A RIOT BY BOATMEN IN TOWN, A MOTHER AND CHILD SAVED FROM DROWNING IN THE CANAL AND SHIPPING COAL ON THE CANAL GETS BUSIER NOW OVER 1700 PHOTOS AND OVER 3000 ARTICLES THROUGHOUT THE SITE !! CHECK EACH PAGE FOR BEST RESULTS See individual pages for specific update |