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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 May 6, the site logged it's 365,000th page view. |
| LAST UPDATED: MAY 19 MANY PAGES JUST UPDATED NOTABLE NEWS: NEW ARTICLES INCLUDING: A WIRELESS STATION IS SET UP IN 1920, COLUMBIA STREET BRIDGE PROBLEMS IN 1921, A COERCED MARRIAGE, A STASH OF CASH AND MISGUIDED DIRECTIONS IN 1928 AND QUARANTINE RULES ARE ESTABLISHED IN 1943 YEARS GONE BY: UPDATED FOR MAY 1918 WITH A COLLECTION OF INTERESTING ARTICLES FROM THE CALL GIVING A NICE FLAVOR OF THE TOWN A HUNDRED YEARS AGO RAILROADS PAGE: JUST ADDED IS THE NINTH INSTALLMENT OF THE HISTORY OF THE READING RAILROAD CAR SHOPS IN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN AS WRITTEN BY ISAAC PAXSON, LONG TIME EMPLOYEE, IN THE LATER 1905 EDITIONS OF THE CALL WORLD WAR TWO PAGE: NEW ARTICLES FROM THE HOME FRONT ADDED INCLUDING LIBERTY FIRE COMPANY ERECTS AN HONOR ROLL, LEBANON KNITTING MILL BEGINS MAKING PARACHUTES, A MASSIVE BLOOD DRIVE BEGINS, VICTORY GARDENS ARE STARTED IN EARNEST AND THE GIRL SCOUTS COLLECT SILK STOCKINGS FOR THE WAR EFFORT AND ITEMS ARE COLLECTED FOR TROOPS AT INDIANTOWN GAP CRIME PAGE: NEW ARTICLES FROM THE EARLY SEVENTIES ADDED INCLUDING: AN ARMED ROBBER STRIKES THE TRUST COMPANY, STRAMARA'S RESTAURANT AND MESSNER & HESS ARE BOTH ROBBED, HOMES ON AVENUE E ARE BURGLARIZED AND THE POLICE RAID A BOOZE PARTY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA FIRES PAGE: A SERIES OF NEW ARTICLES FROM THE EARLY TWENTIES JUST ADDED INCLUDING: C. S. COMMINGS REELECTED AS FIRE CHIEF, LONG RUN SCHOOL CATCHES FIRE, THE LIBERTY SETS NEW RULES FOR FIREMEN ON THEIR VEHICLES AND A SERIES OF SMALL FIRES CATCHES THE TOWN'S ATTENTION BUSINESSES PAGE : NEW ARTICLES FROM THE EARLY FIFTIES INCLUDING: NEW BUSINESSES, YODER'S MACHINE SHOP, HAVEN DECORATORS AND GIBSON FLOOR COVERINGS OPEN THEIR DOORS, HAVEN TV AND APPLIANCE OPENS A NEW LOCATION, HAVEN CAB BUYS NEW VEHICLES AND PHYLLIS ROMANO BECOMES THE FIRST WOMAN OWNED FUNERAL HOME IN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN HISTORY PAGE: NEW STORIES IN THE "MUNICIPAL" SECTION JUST ADDED INCLUDING: AN ESCAPE ARTIST AT THE INSANE ASYLUM AND A MESSY PROBLEM ON GARFIELD AVENUE. ADDED IN THE TRAGEDIES SECTION IS A STATE TROOPER AND THEN AN ALMSHOUSE RESIDENT KILLED ON CENTER AVENUE AND TOWN BUSINESSMAN DANIEL SHARADIN ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTS HIMSELF SCHOOL DAYS PAGE: A LARGE NUMBER OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE 1974 AND 1975 SCHUYLKILL HAVEN BLUE AND GOLD YEARBOOKS HAVE JUST BEEN ADDED PHOTO ALBUM: A STUNNING SET OF NEW RAILROAD PICTURES JUST ADDED FROM THE WORK OF BRUCE AND ARCH KANTNER AS COMPILED IN TWO GREAT BOOKS BY GERARD BERNET TUMBLING RUN PAGE: NEW ARTICLES JUST ADDED INCLUDING: THE RUN CLOSES IN 1912 WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF NEVER REOPENING, A FIFTY MAN BRAWL TAKES PLACE THERE IN 1915, STATE TROOPERS SEEK FUGITIVES IN THE VALLEY IN 1916 AND IN 1917, 500 BATHERS DEFY THE LAW AND SWIM IN TUMBLING RUN CIVIL WAR PAGE: NEW OBITUARIES OF VETERANS LEWIS NOECKER, THOMAS LUCKENS, LIVINGSTON SAYLOR AND ADAM LLOYD JUST ADDED TO THE PAGE 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 1800 PHOTOS AND OVER 3500 ARTICLES THROUGHOUT THE SITE !! CHECK EACH PAGE FOR BEST RESULTS See individual pages for specific update |