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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 September 13, the site logged it's 310,000th page view. |
| NOW OFFERING As I have for ten years, I will continue to answer any questions or find information for readers for free as I can. I am now offering my services to do genealogical research in Schuylkill County for reasonable and negotiable costs. |
| LAST UPDATED: SEPTEMBER 27 MANY PAGES JUST UPDATED NOTABLE NEWS: NEW ARTICLES FROM 1909 INCLUDING TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS OF THE HORSE TYPE RATTLE MAIN STREET, A DEATH DEFYING SKATER VISITS THE ROLLER RINK, BIG GAME HUNTERS FROM TOWN RETURN HOME AND IN 1916 AN AUTO HAS A RUN IN WITH A TROLLEY CAR TUMBLING RUN PAGE: NEW ARTICLES ADDED INCLUDING: A TRAGIC DROWNING OCCURS IN 1894, NEW LIGHTING AT THE BOAT HOUSES AND A NEW ROLLER SKATING FLOOR IN 1907, A HORSE THIEF STRIKES IN 1903 AND FOREST FIRES THREATEN THE BOAT HOUSES IN 1904 YEARS GONE BY: UPDATED FOR SEPTEMBER 1916 WITH A COLLECTION OF INTERESTING ARTICLES FROM THE CALL GIVING A NICE FLAVOR OF THE TOWN A HUNDRED YEARS AGO FIRES PAGE: NEW ARTICLES FROM A CENTURY AGO INCLUDING FIRES AT THE LYRIC THEATRE, REED'S MILL, PLANING MILL ON DOCK STREET AND A SUMMER HILL BARN AND SEVERAL SMALL FIRES EXTINGUISHED BY NEIGHBORS IN BUCKET BRIGADES WORLD WAR TWO PAGE: JUST ADDED IS THE THIRD INSTALLMENT OF THE STORY OF GUSTAV "FRED" ANCHORSTAR, SCHUYLKILL HAVEN MAN CAPTURED DURING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE AND WHO DIED AT BERGA, A NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMP. HIS TRAGIC TALE IS A MUST READ. SCHOOL DAYS PAGE: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE 1972 AND 1973 BLUE AND GOLD YEARBOOKS JUST ADDED BUSINESSES PAGE : NEW ARTICLES JUST ADDED INCLUDING: SCHUYLKILL HAVEN GETS ITS THIRD BANK IN 1923 AND "COLUMBIA HEIGHTS" BEGINS DEVELOPMENT IN 1924. A THOROUGH ACCOUNTING OF THE TOWN'S BUSINESS CLIMATE AND A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW REFOWICH THEATRE, BOTH IN 1924, ARE ALSO FEATURED CRIME PAGE: A SERIES OF NEW ARTICLES FROM OVER A CENTURY AGO INCLUDING ROBBERIES AT STARR'S HARDWARE AND CHARLES KELLER'S, HOTEL GRAND EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTS THEFT, ORDINANCE FINES ARE IN NEED OF UPGRADE, CRUSADE AGAINST LOAFERS BEGINS AND A FARMER IS ARRESTED FOR SHOOTING DOGS HISTORY PAGE: NEW ARTICLES ADDED INCLUDING THE TRAGIC DEATH OF FRED SCHAPPELL, "WAR" AT THE ALMSHOUSE, A DISCUSSION OVER CHANGES IN WARD REPRESENTATION IN TOWN AND CHARLES "BAGS" GRAEFF IS APPOINTED THE NEW POSTMASTER IN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN IN 1924 RAILROAD PAGE: NEW STORIES ADDED TO THE TROLLEYS SECTION INCLUDING: A HEAD ON COLLISION NEAR CAPE HORN, A MAN KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY A TROLLEY, TRACKS WIDENED AT TUMBLING RUN, DISASTER AVERTED NORTH OF TOWN AND AN ACCIDENT IN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN CAUSES INJURIES CIVIL WAR PAGE: NEW OBITUARIES OF VETERANS ROBERT EBLING AND JERE KLINE HAVE JUST BEEN ADDED THE 50TH P. V. V. INFANTRY HOLDS A REUNION AND THE AMERICAN LEGION TAKES OVER THE G. A. R. PHOTO ALBUM: NEW PICTURES JUST ADDED INCLUDING A SET SHOWING CONSTRUCTION AT WILLOW LAKE SWIMMING POOL IN 1955, PHOTOS FROM INSIDE THE UNION CEMETERY MAUSOLEUM AND A NOSTALGIC PICTURE OF 1905 MAIN STREET 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 1700 PHOTOS AND OVER 2900 ARTICLES THROUGHOUT THE SITE !! CHECK EACH PAGE FOR BEST RESULTS See individual pages for specific update |