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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 |
| Thank you for your continued interest. On April 13, the site logged it's 208,000th page view. |
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| LAST UPDATED: APRIL 13 MANY PAGES JUST UPDATED CRIME PAGE: A SERIES OF ARTICLES FROM THE MINERS JOURNAL FROM THE MID 1800s INCLUDING: A POSSIBLE MURDER, A RIOT IN TOWN, COUNTERFEITING, COAL THEFT AND OTHER INTERESTING STORIES WORLD WAR TWO PAGE: NEW STORIES INCLUDE: ROBERT MILLER'S PLANE SHOT DOWN OVER GERMANY AND HE BECOMES A POW, QUENTIN FREY MISSING IN ITALY, CLYDE DEWALD SAFE AND SOUND, THREE HAVEN PARATROOPERS WOUNDED IN ITALY AND THE TOWN EXCEEDS ITS WAR LOAN DRIVE QUOTA TUMBLING RUN PAGE: A SERIES OF NEW ARTICLES INCLUDING THE REBUILDING OF THE DAM AFTER THE GREAT FRESHET OF 1850, A SAD DROWNING IN 1862, BIG CITY MONEY TRIES TO LEASE THE DAMS AND CHIEF DAVIES SOLVES A FOUR YEAR RUN OF BOAT HOUSE ROBBERIES FIRES PAGE: ARTICLES JUST ADDED FROM THE LATE 1960s INCLUDING A FIRE AT ALONG ROUTE 61, ONE IN WILLOW LAKE AND ONE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA SCHUYLKILL CANAL PAGE: NEW STORIES FROM THE MINERS JOURNAL OF THE MID 1800s INCLUDING: DISTURBANCES BETWEEN BOATMEN AND SHIPPERS ON FREIGHT RATES AND THE GOVERNOR HONORS A SCHUYLKILL HAVEN BOATMEN IN RESPONSE TO HIS NAMING A BOAT IN HONOR OF HIM YEARS GONE BY: UPDATED FOR MARCH 1914 WITH A COLLECTION OF INTERESTING ARTICLES FROM THE CALL INCLUDING THE GREAT BLIZZARD OF '14, BOY SCOUT NEWS, A DEATH IN HOTEL GRAND LOBBY AND SCHOOL NEWS SCHOOL DAYS PAGE: A VARIETY OF PICTURES FROM THE 1942 AND 1943 YEARBOOKS JUST ADDED WITH IDENTIFICATIONS OF THOSE IN ALL PHOTOS CIVIL WAR PAGE: MINUTES OF G. A. R. POST MEETINGS FROM 1916 THROUGH 1920 JUST ADDED DETAILING THE DETERIORATING MEMBERSHIP OF THE POST AS IT PASSES INTO ITS LAST DAYS PHOTO ALBUM: NEW PHOTOS OF THE INTERIOR OF PALSGROVE'S CIGAR STORE ON MAIN STREET AND A SERIES OF PHOTOS SHOWING REMOVAL OF HOMES ON COLUMBIA STREET CIRCA 1961 RAILROAD PAGE: MAPS OF THE READING RAILROAD TRACKAGE IN TOWN INCLUDING THE YARD AND A BLUEPRINT OF THE READING FREIGHT STATION HAVE JUST BEEN ADDED. AN ARTICLE FROM READING RAILROAD MAGAZINE FROM FEBRUARY OF 1950 SHOWS THE INSTALLATION OF SAFETY GATES IN TOWN NOTABLE NEWS: NEW ARTICLES FROM THE 1960s JUST ADDED INCLUDING: A SLEDDING ACCIDENT, A NEAR DROWNING AT WILLOW LAKE, A NEAR DISASTER ON THE SCHUYLKILL MOUNTAIN AND CARS CRASH INTO PENSYL'S FLOWERS AND A HOUSE ON CENTER AVENUE HISTORY PAGE: NEW ARTICLES ON SCHUYLKILL HAVEN BOYS IN WORLD WAR ONE JUST ADDED INCLUDING A GRAND SENDOFF FOR NEW DRAFTEES AND A SERIES OF EIGHT LETTERS SENT HOME FROM DOUGHBOYS IN FRANCE BUSINESS PAGE : NEW ARTICLES ON BAST AND DETWILER, EHLY'S BAKERY, R. R. STERNER AND KURTZ JEWELERS JUST ADDED WITH INTERESTING HISTORICAL DETAILS UNION CEMETERY PAGE: STORY OF THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CEMETERY IN 1854 JUST ADDED WITH MANY INTERESTING DETAILS. NEW HEADSTONES TO BE ADDED IN SPRING. LANDMARKS PAGE: FORMER LOCATIONS OF SEVERAL OLD BUSINESSES IN TOWN AND THE REMAINS OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD JUST ADDED NOW OVER 1100 PHOTOS THROUGHOUT THE SITE !! CHECK EACH PAGE FOR BEST RESULTS See individual pages for specific updates |