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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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| LAST UPDATED: NOVEMBER 6 MANY PAGES JUST UPDATED HISTORY PAGE: NEW STORIES IN THE "MUNICIPAL" SECTION JUST ADDED INCLUDING: SAINT AMBROSE PLANS A NEW PAROCHIAL SCHOOL IN 1927, THE POST OFFICE MAKES IMPROVEMENTS IN 1928, THE NEEDY OF TOWN ARE HELPED IN 1932 AND IN 1933 COAL IS DISCOVERED AT THE ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT AND NEW STREET LIGHTS ARE PLACED IN TOWN FIRES PAGE: A SERIES OF NEW ARTICLES FROM 1927-1933 ADDED INCLUDING: BAST MILLS HAS TWO UNEXPLAINED FIRES, THE DUMP BURNS, WENRICH'S BATTERY STATION CATCHES FIRE, A HAM BURNS DOWN A SMOKEHOUSE, READING COMPANY'S BRIQUETTE PLANT IS DESTROYED AND TRUCKS COLLIDE WHILE ON DUTY YEARS GONE BY: UPDATED FOR OCTOBER 1918 WITH A COLLECTION OF INTERESTING ARTICLES FROM THE CALL GIVING A NICE FLAVOR OF THE TOWN A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. THIS MONTH THERE ARE ARTICLES FROM THE DEADLY FLU EPIDEMIC PHOTO ALBUM: NEW PHOTOS OF SCHUYLKILL HAVEN STREET SCENES FROM THE LEE BECKER COLLECTION JUST ADDED AS WELL AS A SET OF PHOTOS FROM THE FUNERAL PROCESSION OF SCHUYLKILL HAVEN'S FIRST WEST POINT GRADUATE LT. ROY GUERTLER, KILLED IN A PLANE CRASH IN 1931 COURTESY OF FAITH ANN WARD CURRAN TUMBLING RUN PAGE: ANOTHER GROUPING OF NEW IMAGES OF THE RESORT AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS POPULARITY HAS JUST BEEN ADDED. MORE WILL BE FORTHCOMING IN THE NEAR FUTURE BUSINESSES PAGE : NEW ARTICLES FROM 1927 and 1928 ADDED INCLUDING: MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION IS FORMED, BAST MILLS EXPANDS, HARRY NUNEMACHER OPENS A GARAGE, A NUT AND BOLT FACTORY OPENS FOR BUSINESS AND THE PAPER BOX FACTORY CHANGES HANDS 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 CRIME PAGE: A NEW SERIES OF ARTICLES HAS JUST BEEN ADDED DOCUMENTING SOME MINOR CRIMES IN THE LATE TWENTIES IN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN RAILROADS PAGE: JUST ADDED IS THE ELEVENTH 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 NOTABLE NEWS: NEW ARTICLES FROM 1955 INCLUDING: THE "HUMAN FLY" VISITS TOWN, ANOTHER FLOOD HITS TOWN, FAMILY FINDS A GRAVESTONE BURIED IN THE YARD AND RAILROAD BLASTING SENDS A BOULDER CRASHING INTO A HOME THE GREAT WAR: ARTICLES JUST ADDED INCLUDE: HAVEN BOY DETERMINED TO GET TO BERLIN AND THE RED CROSS HOLDS A RALLY IN 1918 AND IN 1919 A HAVEN MAN SERVES IN THE FRENCH ARMY AFTER THE WAR AND THE BODIES OF SCHUYLKILL HAVEN BOYS KILLED IN THE WAR TO BE BROUGHT HOME 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 |