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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 7, the site logged it's 343,000th page view. |
| LAST UPDATED: SEPTEMBER 21 MANY PAGES JUST UPDATED YEARS GONE BY: UPDATED FOR SEPTEMBER 1917 WITH A COLLECTION OF INTERESTING ARTICLES FROM THE CALL GIVING A NICE FLAVOR OF THE TOWN A HUNDRED YEARS AGO CRIME PAGE: NEW ARTICLES ADDED FROM A CENTURY AGO INCLUDING: LIVESTOCK USED AS TARGET PRACTICE, GYPSY PICKPOCKETS, THREE ESCAPE FROM ALMSHOUSE ASYLUM, ALMSHOUSE POTATO FIELDS ARE PILFERED AND SEVERAL BURGLARIES OCCUR IN TOWN BUSINESSES PAGE : NEW ARTICLES FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE DEPRESSION ADDED INCLUDING: STINE'S OPENS A SODA GARDEN, MICHEL'S INSTALLS THE TOWN'S FIRST NEON SIGN, COOPER'S CELEBRATES THEIR 18TH ANNIVERSARY, A NEW BATTERY SHOP OPENS, A LARGE TOWN WIDE MERCHANTS SALE IS HELD AND A CONFLICT ERUPTS AT WILLOW LAKE OVER ACCESS TO THE LAKE RAILROAD PAGE: JUST ADDED IS THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF THE HISTORY OF THE READING RAILROAD CAR SHOPS IN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN AS WRITTEN BY ISAAC PAXSON, LONG TIME EMPLOYEE, IN THE NOVEMBER 1905 EDITIONS OF THE CALL FIRES PAGE: NEW ARTICLES ON FIRES FROM THE EARLY THIRTIES INCLUDING A CONFUSING FALSE ALARM, SEVERAL FIRES ON THE EDGES OF TOWN, A FIRE AT THE OLD BITTLE HOMESTEAD AND A BOY CONFESSES TO ACCIDENTALLY SETTING HIS HOME ON FIRE NOTABLE NEWS: NEW ARTICLES INCLUDING: 1930 SEES RESIDENTS TRYING "SELF DENTISTRY" AND PROBLEMS WITH "NECKERS" IN BOWEN'S GROVE, CONCERNS WITH DISEASE IN TOWN IN 1927 AND A MAN IS SAVED FROM DROWNING IN THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER IN 1935 PHOTO ALBUM: NEW PICTURES JUST ADDED INCLUDING IMAGES OF THE READING RAILROAD IN LANDINGVILLE AND THE SCHUYLKILL HAVEN JETS, A GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM FROM THE LATE 40's AND EARLY 50's HISTORY PAGE: NEW ARTICLES ADDED IN THE "MUNICIPAL" SECTION INCLUDING EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN COMES TO TOWN IN 1916, BOY SCOUTS OFF TO CAMP, A WORKER TAKES A FALL WORKING ON THE NEW BROADWAY BRIDGE AND THE ALMSHOUSE SEES IMPROVEMENTS IN 1930 AND SCHUYLKILL HAVEN WANTS A NEW ROAD IN NORTH MANHEIM TOWNSHIP IN 1932 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 SCHOOL DAYS PAGE: NEW ARTICLES JUST ADDED INCLUDING ALUMNI ASSOCIATION GETS ITS START IN 1907 AND SEVERAL ARTICLES IN 1929 AND 1930 SURROUNDING ISSUES WITH THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS CIVIL WAR PAGE: NEW OBITUARIES OF VETERANS LEWIS NOECKER, THOMAS LUCKENS, LIVINGSTON SAYLOR AND ADAM LLOYD JUST ADDED TO THE PAGE WORLD WAR TWO PAGE: JUST ADDED IS THE FOURTH AND FINAL 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. 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 3200 ARTICLES THROUGHOUT THE SITE !! CHECK EACH PAGE FOR BEST RESULTS See individual pages for specific update |