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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. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
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| 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. |
| 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 November 25, the site logged it's 190,000th page view. |
Schuylkill Haven History
Welcome to a view into the past....
Welcome to a view into the past....
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| PLEASE TAKE NOTE: Yahoo recently updated the version of the web site builder. I noticed this has caused some problems in articles such as separated words and running together of articles. I am repairing them as I have time. Thank you for your patience. |
| LAST UPDATED: DECEMBER 4 MANY PAGES JUST UPDATED FIRES PAGE: ARTICLES ON FIRES IN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN DURING THE EARLY 1960s JUST ADDED INCLUDING THE HUGE BLAZE THAT DESTROYED THE LOHB COAL BREAKER NEAR EDGEWOOD AND TWO OTHER HOMES IN TOWN SUFFER DAMAGE FROM FIRES CIVIL WAR PAGE: ARTICLES JUST ADDED INCLUDE THE TRAGIC DEATH OF HENRY KNARR, THE SAD PLIGHT OF DAVID BERGER AND MORE OBITUARIES OF CIVIL WAR VETERANS OF SCHUYLKILL HAVEN YEARS GONE BY: UPDATED FOR NOVEMBER 1913 WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF INTERESTING ARTICLES OF THE DAY AS CULLED FROM THE PAGES OF THE CALL NEWSPAPER INCLUDING BUILDING OF ST. AMBROSE SCHOOL, A GUNMAN IN TOWN, WATER ISSUES, A RUNAWAY WAGON AND MUCH MORE PHOTO ALBUM: ALMOST A DOZEN NEW PICTURES ADDED INCLUDING READING SIGNAL TOWER AT UNION STREET, EARLY DOCK STREET PHOTOS, BLIZZARD OF 1908, JUDGE DALTON AS A BOY AND OTHERS RAILROAD PAGE: NEW STORIES FROM THE 19TH CENTURY INCLUDING, DEATH ON THE READING, AN ACCIDENT BETWEEN A TRAIN AND A WAGON, PENNSY WORKMEN HURT IN BLAST, TROLLEY PASSENGERS ESCAPE DEATH AND TROLLEY STOPS REDUCED TO HELP THE WAR EFFORT NOTABLE NEWS: JUST ADDED: AN EXTRAORDINARY GRAPE LEAF MAKES NEWS IN 1861, A SNAKE KNOCKS ON A DOOR IN 1918 AND A SERIES OF ACCIDENTS FROM 1960. HISTORY PAGE: NEW STORIES FROM WORLD WAR ONE INCLUDING LETTERS HOME FROM TOWN BOYS IN FRANCE, LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE A SUCCESS, ALIENS ARE REGISTERED, FOOD ADMINISTRATOR IS ASSIGNED AND ELECTRICITY CONSERVATION IN TOWN IS BEGUN BUSINESS PAGE : AN ARTICLE FROM 1868 DETAILING THE CREATION OF A NEW IRON FURNACE IN TOWN AND STORIES FROM THE EARLY 1950s: HIRAM FISHER BUYS KAUFMAN'S DAIRY, GREENAWALT'S CELEBRATES A SILVER ANNIVERSARY, FAREL BECKER OPENS A STUDEBAKER DEALERSHIP, BURKERT'S OPENS A NEW STORE AND PAUL KELLER OPENS A NEW SERVICE STATION CRIME PAGE: MORE INTERESTING STORIES FROM THE 19TH CENTURY MINERS JOURNAL INCLUDING A VICIOUS ATTACK NEAR SEVEN STARS, A SERIES OF BURGLARIES, TROUBLES IN A SALOON AND A RUNNING GUN BATTLE BETWEEN A RAILROAD WATCHMAN AND THIEVES SCHOOL DAYS PAGE: PICTURES FROM THE 1938 AND 1939 YEARBOOKS JUST ADDED WITH MANY NAMES LISTED SCHUYLKILL CANAL PAGE: NEW STORIES FROM THE MINERS JOURNAL OF THE 19TH CENTURY INCLUDING: A NEW BOAT LAUNCHED IN TOWN, ATTEMPTED THEFT ENDS IN DEATH OF ROBBER, LITTLE GIRL'S TRAGIC END, A CAPTAIN IS FOUND DEAD ON HIS BOAT AND THE NEW SEASON BEGINS WORLD WAR TWO PAGE: NEW STORIES INCLUDING THE DEATH OF LESTER STRAUSE IN TUNISIA LISTING HIS LAST POIGNANT LETTER HOME; TWO MEN WITH TIES TO SCHUYLKILL HAVEN KILLED IN ACTION, PRIVATE RECLA RELATES HIS EXPERIENCE AT GUADALCANAL AND THE TOWN BEGINS A DRIVE TO HELP THE RED CROSS TUMBLING RUN PAGE: INTERESTING STORIES FROM THE MINERS' JOURNAL OF THE 19TH CENTURY JUST ADDED INCLUDING A MONSTER SNAKE IN TUMBLING RUN, A FIRE DESTROYS A FARM, LOWER DAM BREAKS WITHOUT DISASTER, A LARGE FISH KILL CAUSES PROBLEMS AND A MONSTER IN THE DAM TURNS OUT TO BE SOMETHING LESS UNION CEMETERY PAGE: STORY OF THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CEMETERY IN 1854 JUST ADDED WITH MANY INTERESTING DETAILS. NEW HEADSTONES TO BE ADDED IN SPRING. LANDMARKS PAGE: FORMER LOCATIONS OF SEVERAL OLD BUSINESSES IN TOWN AND THE REMAINS OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD JUST ADDED NOW OVER 1000 PHOTOS THROUGHOUT THE SITE !! CHECK EACH PAGE FOR BEST RESULTS See individual pages for specific updates |