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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 March 4, the site logged it's 203,000th page view. |
| SITE SEARCH ADDED !!! Site search is a useful feature. This allows you to search this website for a specific name, street, place, year or any item you may seek. Simply place the name in the search box below and hit search. The results will be presented on a new page. Click on the link to navigate to that page. To highlight the search result, press Ctrl + F. |
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| ANNOUNCEMENT For those visitors to my site who use Facebook, please note that I have started a group on there entitled, Schuylkill Haven History. The purpose of the page will be to exchange information and pictures of Schuylkill Haven. It will also serve as a forum to initiate discussion on any aspect of the history of our town, ranging from its inception to the present day. I will also post update notices to web site pages as they happen. Please feel free to request to join the group. |
| LAST UPDATED: MARCH 9 MANY PAGES JUST UPDATED BUSINESS PAGE : NEW ARTICLES ON BAST AND DETWILER, EHLY'S BAKERY, R. R. STERNER AND KURTZ JEWELERS JUST ADDED WITH INTERESTING HISTORICAL DETAILS CRIME PAGE: A SERIES OF ARTICLES FROM THE MINERS JOURNAL CONCLUDE ON THE MARTIN PEIFER MURDER CASE. HE IS SENTENCED TO HANG....BUT WILL HE? WORLD WAR TWO PAGE: NEW STORIES INCLUDE: ROBERT MYERS KILLED IN SICILY, FRANKLIN WEAVER IS GERMAN PRISONER, CLYDE DEWALD'S PLANE IS MISSING, EARL LORD EARNS SEVEN OAK LEAVES, CAMP NAMED FOR FALLEN TOWN MAN WILLIAM LOWE AND DR. JOE MATONIS WRITES HOME FROM AFRICA YEARS GONE BY: UPDATED FOR FEBRUARY 1914 WITH A COLLECTION OF INTERESTING ARTICLES FROM THE CALL INCLUDING COUNCIL NEWS, RUNAWAY HORSES, NEAR TRAGEDIES AND BOY SCOUT NEWS TUMBLING RUN PAGE: A SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THE "HEX CAT" STORY FROM NEWSPAPERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY INCLUDING ONE THAT BRINGS A SCHUYLKILL HAVEN FELINE INTO THE MATTER FIRES PAGE: ARTICLES JUST ADDED FROM THE 1960s INCLUDING A FIRE AT BEDWAY BANANA, MYSTERIOUS DUMP FIRES, FIRE ON AVENUE E AND A MAN ARRESTED FOR PULLING FALSE ALARMS PHOTO ALBUM: NEW PHOTOS OF EARL STOYER WITH BOXER JACK DEMPSEY, TUMBLING RUN TROLLEY, TWO VIEWS OF THE LONG RUN HOTEL AND A GROUP OF SCHUYLKILL HAVEN GENTS A CENTURY AGO CIVIL WAR PAGE: TWO DETAILED STORIES OF CHARLES BROWN'S WINNING THE MEDAL OF HONOR AND OBITUARIES FOR VETERANS WILLIAM STITZER AND DAVID BARR JUST ADDED NOTABLE NEWS: AN INTERESTING SERIES OF ARTICLES FROM THE 1850s INCLUDING: SUICIDE IN THE LUTHERAN CHURCH, A PRIZE FIGHT THAT NEVER WAS, A TROTTING RACE, BIBLE SOCIETY FORMS AND A SCHUYLKILL HAVEN MAN INVENTS A COUNTERFEIT COIN DETECTOR RAILROAD PAGE: NEW STORIES FROM THE MINERS JOURNAL: AN 1848 ACCIDENT KILLS FOUR MEN WHEN A FIRED ENGINEER IS REINSTATED, BOYS STEALING IRON FROM THE RAILROAD AND THE NEW DEPOT TAKES SHAPE DESPITE AN ACCIDENT DURING CONSTRUCTION HISTORY PAGE: NEW STORIES ADDED INCLUDING TWO LETTERS SENT HOME FROM SCHUYLKILL HAVEN DOUGHBOYS ON THE FRONT AND THE LATEST CONTINGENT FROM TOWN REACHES FRANCE IN WORLD WAR ONE. THE OBITUARY FOR JACOB DREIBELBIS WHO LAID OUT THE TOWN AND AN INTERESTING ARTICLE ON THE ALMSHOUSE SCHOOL DAYS PAGE: 1940 YEARBOOK PICTURES INCLUDING PHOTOS OF THANKSGIVING DAY FOOTBALL GAME VERSUS CRESSONA PLUS IMAGES FROM THE 1941 YEARBOOK JUST ADDED SCHUYLKILL CANAL PAGE: NEW STORIES FROM THE MINERS JOURNAL OF 1853 INCLUDING: CAPTAIN BURKERT SETS A RECORD FOR TRIPS TO PHILADELPHIA, A HORSE THIEF DROWNS IN THE CANAL, BOATMEN STRIKE OVER FEES AND SCHUYLKILL NAVIGATION COMPANY AND BOATMEN DISAGREE ON THE END OF THE SEASON 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 |