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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 February 11, the site logged it's 428,000th page view. |
| LAST UPDATED: FEBRUARY 24 MANY PAGES JUST UPDATED THE GREAT WAR: ARTICLES JUST ADDED INCLUDE: WAR'S END CELEBRATED IN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN IN STYLE, RECEPTION PLANNED FOR THE TOWN'S MOST SERIOUSLY WOUNDED SOLDIER, LEON STERNER, THEODORE AUCHEY REPORTED MISSING ON LAST DAY OF WAR AND NEWS RECEIVED ON WOUNDED SOLDIER HARRY CHRIST NOTABLE NEWS: NEW ARTICLES FROM 1937 INCLUDING UNEXPECTED INHERITANCE, A PROFITABLE FORD, RECYCLED CHURCH STONES, PET SQUIRRELS KILLED, SAD CASE OF HITCHHIKERS AND THE DEATH OF "BEAUTY" YEARS GONE BY: UPDATED FOR FEBRUARY 1920 WITH A COLLECTION OF INTERESTING ARTICLES FROM THE CALL GIVING A NICE FLAVOR OF THE TOWN A HUNDRED YEARS AGO ALONG WITH SOME NICE PERIOD ADS CRIME PAGE: A NEW SERIES OF ARTICLES JUST ADDED FROM 1938 INCLUDING: CHOOSY BATHING SUIT THIEVES, DISPUTE AT THE RIO THEATRE, SEWING MACHINE THIEVES JAILED, STOLEN GOODS RECOVERED, POOR SQUATTER IS ROBBED AND GAS AND FLOWER THIEVES FIRES PAGE: A SERIES OF NEW ARTICLES FROM 1937 INCLUDING: RAINBOW HOSE FORMS A LADIES AUXILIARY, RAINBOW TRUCKS CRASH IN POTTSVILLE, THE TOWN'S FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE "JINXED," BRUSH FIRE AND CAR FIRES KEEP THE COMPANIES BUSY HISTORY PAGE: NEW STORIES IN THE "MUNICIPAL" SECTION FROM 1937 JUST ADDED INCLUDING: IMPROVEMENTS ALONG WEST MAIN STREET DIKE, WPA PROJECTS IMPROVE THE ROAD UP THE SCHUYLKILL MOUNTAIN AND TRANSCRIBE BOROUGH RECORDS, A DEBATE OVER SHADE TREES, NEW LIGHTS ON DOCK STREET AND A NEW ENTRANCE WAY TO THE ALMSHOUSE BUSINESSES PAGE : NEW ARTICLES JUST ADDED FROM 1936 SHOWING PROGRESS IN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN DURING THE DEPRESSION INCLUDING NEW GROCERY STORES, NEW FURNITURE AND APPAREL STORE, IMPROVEMENTS AT THE REFOWICH THEATRE AND EBLING'S CAR DEALERSHIP AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A SHOE FACTORY COMING TO TOWN SCHOOL DAYS PAGE: NEW ARTICLES ADDED INCLUDING: IMPROVEMENTS TO TWO SCHOOL PLAYGROUNDS IN 1927, 1937 SENIOR BOYS TOLD HOW TO LEAD A CLEAN LIFE AND IN 1938 THE FIRST UNION PICKET LINE EVER IN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN APPEARS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL UNION CEMETERY PAGE: NEW ARTICLES ADDED INCLUDING ENLARGEMENT OF THE JERUSALEM CEMETERY, IMPROVEMENTS AT THE UNION CEMETERY AND THE UNION OBSERVES THE 85TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS FOUNDING. BURIAL RECORDS UP TO 1996 ARE NOW ALSO AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST RAILROADS PAGE: NEW ARTICLES ADDED IN THE TROLLEY SEGMENT INCLUDING: COMPANY MADE TO DO SNOW REMOVAL, MORE POWER FOR THE LINE, BETTER FARES FOR HAVEN RESIDENTS, AN ISSUE WITH STOPS, POSSIBLE LINE TO PINEGROVE AND SEVERAL ACCIDENTS INCLUDING ONE WITH A MOTORCYCLE PHOTO ALBUM: ANOTHER OUTSTANDING SET OF PHOTOS OF THE CAR SHOPS OF THE READING RAILROAD AT SCHUYLKILL HAVEN JUST ADDED, RECENTLY APPEARING IN THE WELL DONE BOOK BY BENJAMIN BERNHART CIVIL WAR PAGE: TEN NEW PHOTOGRAPHS OF GRAVESTONES OF SCHUYLKILL HAVEN CIVIL WAR VETERANS HAVE JUST BEEN ADDED TUMBLING RUN PAGE: JUST ADDED ARE A SET OF MAPS OF THE TUMBLING RUN RESORT DURING ITS PEAK WITH A DETAILED LOOK AT THE LOCATIONS OF ALL THE BUILDINGS. ANOTHER GROUPING OF NEW IMAGES OF THE RESORT HAS ALSO JUST BEEN ADDED. WORLD WAR TWO PAGE: JUST ADDED ARE A SERIES OF PHOTOS FROM A VISIT TO NETHERLANDS AMERICAN CEMETERY IN OCTOBER 2017 WITH MY SON AND A RETURN VISIT TO THAT CEMETERY, THE ARDENNES AMERICAN CEMETERY AND THE HENRI-CHAPELLE CEMETERY, BOTH IN BELGIUM, WITH MY WIFE THIS YEAR. EACH IS THE FINAL RESTING PLACE OF SCHUYLKILL HAVEN MEN KILLED IN WORLD WAR TWO 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 OVER 2200 PHOTOS AND OVER 4000 ARTICLES THROUGHOUT THE SITE !! CHECK EACH PAGE FOR BEST RESULTS See individual pages for specific update |