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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 4, the site logged it's 393,000th page view. |
| LAST UPDATED: FEBRUARY 20 MANY PAGES JUST UPDATED YEARS GONE BY: UPDATED FOR FEBRUARY 1919 WITH A COLLECTION OF INTERESTING ARTICLES FROM THE CALL GIVING A NICE FLAVOR OF THE TOWN A HUNDRED YEARS AGO PHOTO ALBUM: NEW PHOTOS OF THE READING AND PENNSYLVANIA RAILROADS IN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN ALL ARE FROM THE LEE BECKER COLLECTION RAILROADS PAGE: JUST ADDED IS THE FIFTEENTH AND FINAL 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 THE GREAT WAR: ARTICLES JUST ADDED INCLUDE: WAR SAVINGS STAMPS ARE SOLD, HAVEN BOYS SAIL FOR FRANCE, A TOWN WOMAN IS PROUD OF HER FAMILY, A VICTORY ARCH IS ERECTED, PATRIOTIC MEETING IS HELD, A WOMAN SHOWS HER "HEART" AND A LIBERTY FLAG IS UNFURLED BUSINESSES PAGE : NEW ARTICLES FROM 1956 ADDED INCLUDING: CANDY KITCHEN REOPENS, A NEW METAL MANUFACTURER STARTS UP, RIO THEATRE IS CLOSED AND THE MASONS TAKE OVER, DINGER OPENS A CAR LOT AND MAIN STREET UNDERGOES MULTIPLE IMPROVEMENTS CRIME PAGE: A NEW SERIES OF ARTICLES HAS JUST BEEN ADDED INCLUDING THEFTS IN 1957, THEFTS AND A FLASHER IN 1959 AND A SERIES OF ROBBERIES IN 1974 NOTABLE NEWS: NEW ARTICLES FROM OUT OF TOWN NEWSPAPERS IN THE 1800s INCLUDING: WITCHCRAFT IN TOWN, A CORPSE IS SENT TO THE ALMSHOUSE EXPRESS, A GIRL TRIES TO POISON HER MOTHER, A DRUNKEN MINISTER IN TOWN BODIES FOUND IN THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER AND AN ALMSHOUSE SCANDAL HISTORY PAGE: NEW STORIES IN THE "MUNICIPAL" SECTION JUST ADDED INCLUDING: WATER TANK ERECTED AT THE LIGHT PLANT IN 1933 AND IN THE FIFTIES, SCHUYLKILL HAVEN'S FIRST POLICEWOMEN SWORN IN, STATE POLICE LEAVE TOWN, THE ARMORY BUILDING PROCESS IS STARTED AND THE BOY SCOUTS ENHANCE THEIR PARKWAY MEMORIAL. TWO PICTURES OF THE EVENTS ARE ALSO ADDED. FIRES PAGE: A SERIES OF NEW ARTICLES FROM THE FIFTIES ADDED INCLUDING: A NEAR TRAGEDY AT BROMMERSTOWN, FOREST FIRE AT THE INDIAN HEAD AND QUICK RESPONSES PREVENT DISASTER AT THE CASKET COMPANY, UNION KNITTING MILL AND THE ELECTRIC SUBSTATION PLUS OTHER SMALL INCIDENTS 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. SCHOOL DAYS PAGE: NEW ARTICLES ADDED INCLUDING A DISEASE ISSUE IN THE SCHOOLS IN 1927, PICKPOCKETS AT THE 1932 COMMENCEMENT, PLANS FOR A SWIMMING POOL WITHIN THE CONFINES OF ROTARY FIELD AND A FESTIVAL TO RAISE MONEY FOR IT 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 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 2000 PHOTOS AND OVER 3600 ARTICLES THROUGHOUT THE SITE !! CHECK EACH PAGE FOR BEST RESULTS See individual pages for specific update |