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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 July 19, the site logged it's 220,000th page view. |
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| LAST UPDATED: JULY 22 MANY PAGES JUST UPDATED YEARS GONE BY: UPDATED FOR JULY 1914 WITH A COLLECTION OF INTERESTING ARTICLES FROM THE CALL DETAILING EVENTS HAPPENING IN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN NOTABLE NEWS: NEW ARTICLES FROM 1875 THROUGH 1901 INCLUDING A SAGACIOUS DOG, A CHARGING BULL, SCHUYLKILL HAVEN FORMS A TOWN FOOTBALL TEAM AND OTHER CONTEMPORARY NEWS ITEMS RAILROAD PAGE: NEW ARTICLES JUST ADDED FOR ALL THREE RAILROADS IN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, THE STORAGE YARDS AND THE TROLLEYS GIVING INSIGHT TO THE DANGERS OF WORKING ON THE RAILROAD IN THE TIME PERIOD OF 1892 THROUGH 1902 HISTORY PAGE: NEW ARTICLES INCLUDING TWO FROM THE 1840s DETAILING LIFE IN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN AND 1960s ARTICLES ON ISLAND DEVELOPMENT AND PROTEST AND THE PURCHASE OF GROUND FOR A MUNICIPAL PARKING LOT SCHOOL DAYS PAGE: NEW ARTICLES ON SCHOOL HISTORY FROM THE 1850s JUST ADDED ALONG WITH PICTURES FROM THE 1944 BLUE AND GOLD YEARBOOK BUSINESS PAGE : NEW ARTICLES ADDED INCLUDING A SERIES OF STORIES ON THE FORMATION OF SCHUYLKILL HAVEN'S FIRST BANK IN 1845 AND 1957 ARTICLES ON THE MODERNIZATION OF WILLOW LAKE SWIMMING POOL AND ATKINS FIVE AND DIME ON MAIN STREET PHOTO ALBUM: NEW PHOTOS OF THE RED BRIDGE AND RED POND, THE PENNSY ARCH AND NEW BRIDGE ON CENTER AVENUE IN 1931 AND THE END OF THE STEEL MILL, SCHUYLKILL HAVEN'S OLDEST MANUFACTURER, IN 1925 CRIME PAGE: A SERIES OF ARTICLES FROM OVER 100 YEARS AGO INCLUDING MISBEHAVING YOUTH, A GUN TOTING POTTSVILLIAN, CONSTABLE BUTZ HURT IN THE LINE OF DUTY AND SEVERAL OTHER INTERESTING STORIES FROM THE PERIOD WORLD WAR TWO PAGE: NEW STORIES OF 1944 INCLUDING TALES OF SCHUYLKILL HAVEN MEN BEING TAKEN PRISONER, WOUNDED AND DYING IN BATTLES ACROSS EUROPE AS WELL AS SOLDIER'S LETTERS HOME TELLING OF EXPERIENCES IN AFRICA AND WITH THE SEABEES IN THE PACIFIC TUMBLING RUN PAGE: A SEA FABULOUS SET OF EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY PHOTOS JUST ADDED INCLUDING DAIRY WAGON, WELLINGTON BOAT HOUSE, TROLLEY CAR, THE FARM AND A SET OF GYPSIES CAMPING AT TUMBLING RUN FIRES PAGE: ARTICLES JUST ADDED INCLUDE A NEAR CATASTROPHE IN 1853, A HOME FIRE FROM 1892 AND A TOWN CONTROVERSY OVER THE FIRE WHISTLE ALARM SYSTEM IN 1914 CIVIL WAR PAGE: JUST ADDED IS THE CONCLUSION OF THE MINUTES OF GAR POST NUMBER 26 OF SCHUYLKILL HAVEN FROM 1921 THROUGH 1930, RECORDING THE END OF THE ORGANIZATION UNION CEMETERY PAGE: NEW HEADSTONES ADDED INCLUDING SCHUYLKILL HAVEN'S ONLY SPANISH AMERICAN WAR DEATH, A DOUGHBOY KILLED IN THE BATTLE OF THE MARNE AND ONE OF SCHUYLKILL HAVEN'S FIRST PHYSICIANS SCHUYLKILL CANAL PAGE: NEW STORIES FROM THE MINERS JOURNAL OF THE MID 1800s INCLUDING: DISTURBANCES BETWEEN BOATMEN AND SHIPPERS ON FREIGHT RATES AND THE GOVERNOR HONORS A SCHUYLKILL HAVEN BOATMEN IN RESPONSE TO HIS NAMING A BOAT IN HONOR OF HIM NOW NEARLY 1200 PHOTOS AND OVER 2100 ARTICLES THROUGHOUT THE SITE !! CHECK EACH PAGE FOR BEST RESULTS See individual pages for specific updates |