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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 April 7, the site logged it's 362,000th page view. |
| LAST UPDATED: APRIL 17 MANY PAGES JUST UPDATED 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 YEARS GONE BY: UPDATED FOR APRIL 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 EIGHTH 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 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 WORLD WAR TWO PAGE: NEW ARTICLES ADDED NOTING THE RETURN OF THE REMAINS OF FOUR OF SCHUYLKILL HAVEN'S NATIVE SONS WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE DURING THE WAR AND WHOSE BODIES ARE BROUGHT HOME FOR BURIAL YEARS AFTER THE WAR CRIME PAGE: NEW ARTICLES ADDED INCLUDING: A GAMBLING RAID, R. R. STERNER'S IS ROBBED AND SCHUYLKILL HAVEN'S MEN IN BLUE GET NEW UNIFORMS, ALL IN 1939, PALM READERS ARE BROUGHT BACK TO TOWN TO FACE CHARGES IN 1941 AND STOYER'S GARAGE HIT BY SAFECRACKERS IN 1947 FIRES PAGE: NEW ARTICLES ON SOME MINOR FIRES IN THE LATE FORTIES AND EARLY FIFTIES JUST ADDED NOTABLE NEWS: NEW ARTICLES INCLUDING: AN ALMSHOUSE PROBLEM IN 1916, RAIN REMINISCENT OF THE CIVIL WAR IN 1928, A BOY NEARLY FREEZES TO DEATH IN 1930, MULE BONES UNEARTHED AT "THE ECK" IN 1931 AND A FAMILY TRIES TO CURE THEIR DAUGHTER'S DEAFNESS WITH AN AIRPLANE RIDE IN 1932 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 |