Schuylkill Haven History
Welcome to a view into the past.....
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.
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.
Welcome to the Schuylkill Haven History Web Page.  This web page was
created due to my life long interest in the history of our town.  It is not
affiliated with any group or organization.  All the information contained
here is being presented with as much accuracy as possible.  This site will
be 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 Administrator
ANNOUNCEMENT !!!
OVER 50 NEW ARTICLES
MANY MORE PLUS PICTURES WILL BE ADDED
SOON
This web site is again being updated.
during the past two months i have
moved and circumstances did not allow
me to work on the site. regular updates
will begin again.  
The website consists of eighteen 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 banner.
Go to the "Help" page for
further information.
This website is dedicated to my wonderful wife, Lynn M.
Nagle, who will be forever missed.




March 27,1959 - September 17, 2006
Thank you for your continued interest. On June 30, the
site logged it's 61,000th page view.
UPDATES LAST ADDED TO THIS SITE: JUNE 16
HISTORY PAGE:  MANY NEW STORIES INCLUDING A FIRE AT THE
PEALE FARM, TEACHERS BATTLE A BLAZE, CAT FIGHTS A SIX FOOT
SNAKE AND NEARLY TWO DOZEN CRIME STORIES SUCH AS: BRESSLER
BAND ATTACKED, FUGITIVES CAPTURED BY CONSTABLE BUTZ, WOMAN
USES BASEBALL BAT ON NEIGHBOR AND A BURGLARY SPREE IN 1916
BUSINESS PAGE: UNDERWOODS CELEBRATES ITS TENTH
ANNIVERSARY, AUTO OWNERS OF 1912 LISTED, AUTO DEALER ADS
FROM THE LATE TWENTIES JUST ADDED
PENNSY HILL BEGINS HOME DEVELOPMENT IN 1905
TRANSPORTATION PAGE:
READING RAILROAD ARRESTS LOAFERS AND A CRESSONA GIRL IS
ASSAULTED IN THE YARD, FOREMAN KILLED IN THE YARD AND AN
ORPHAN HIT BY THE FLYER
WOMAN FALLS FROM LEHIGH VALLEY TRESTLE
TROLLEY ACCIDENTS CONTINUE
CIVIL WAR PAGE:  MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT CHARLES BROWN
DEFINES A VETERAN ON VETERANS DAY IN AN EDITORIAL,
OBITUARY OF VETERAN HENRY AUMAN
AN INVITATION TO TOWN VETS FOR THE ANTIETAM MONUMENT
DEDICATION
PHOTO ALBUM: MANY NEW PICTURES INCLUDING: EBLINGS
GARAGE, NEW STREET SCENES, THE RAZING OF THE GRACE
EVANGELICAL CHURCH, THE 225TH ANNIVERSARY PARADE OF 1975,
CENTER AVENUE IMAGES, THE A & P, ESSO STATION ON DOCK STREET
AND EHLY'S BAKERY
TUMBLING RUN PAGE: JOHN BOYER, CIVIL WAR VET LIVES IN
VALLEY AS HERMIT, TWO 1909 ARTICLES ON VANDALISM AT THE BOAT
HOUSES, TRAMPS SET FIRE TO THE ICE HOUSE IN 1908
SCHOOL DAYS PAGE: PICTURE OF FIRST SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM
OF 1925, TEACHER ARRESTED FOR CRUELTY AND ORIGINAL PLANNING
OF AND DEDICATION OF ROTARY FIELD,
UNION CEMETERY PAGE: NEW PICTURES OF CEMETERY GATE
AND CIVIL WAR VETS ON MEMORIAL DAY, GHOST STORY EXPLAINED
LIST OF VETERANS BURIED IN CEMETERY POSTED
LISTS PAGE: EARLY TOWN BURGESSES
NOW OVER 600 PHOTOS THROUGHOUT THE SITE !!
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