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Schuylkill Haven History
Welcome to a view into the past....
Welcome to a view into the past....
| Welcome to the Schuylkill Haven History Web Page. This web page was created due to my life long interest in the history of our town. It is not affiliated with any group or organization. All the information contained here is being presented with as much accuracy as possible. This site will be 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 Administrator |
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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. |
| The website consists of eighteen 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 banner. |
| Go to the "Help" page for further information. |
| 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 1, the site logged it's 34,000th page view. |
| PLEASE NOTE: AFTER A TWO WEEK HIATUS FOR VACATION, UPDATES TO THE SITE HAVE BEEN DONE AND WILL AGAIN BEGIN TO APPEAR REGULARLY |
| UPDATES LAST ADDED TO THIS SITE: JULY 2 NOW OVER 500 PHOTOS THROUGHOUT THE SITE !! TUMBLING RUN PAGE: A 1933 PLAN TO REVITALIZE TUMBLING RUN, PICTURE OF DANCING PAVILION HISTORY PAGE: MANY NEW ARTICLES INCLUDING THE FLOOD OF 1850,THE FLOOD OF 1925, NEW FIRE STORIES,PIGEON THIEVES, TRAGEDIES INVOLVING EARLY AUTOS, A HOUSE OF ILL REPUTE ON COLUMBIA STREET AND MUCH MORE YEARS GONE BY FOR JUNE 1908 AND JUNE 1933 PHOTO ALBUM PAGE: REST HAVEN IMAGES, NEW STREET SCENES AND OLD CHURCH PHOTOS ADDED PERSONALITIES: BIO OF CHARLES "BAGS" GRAEFF CIVIL WAR PAGE: NEW PICTURES OF CIVIL WAR VETS MORE OBITUARIES OF CIVIL WAR VETERANS OF TOWN UNION CEMETERY PAGE: NEW PICTURES OF CEMETERY GATE AND CIVIL WAR VETS ON MEMORIAL DAY, GHOST STORY EXPLAINED, NEW TOMBSTONE IMAGES AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLES LISTS PAGE: EARLY TOWN BURGESSES BUSINESS PAGE: NEW JEWELRY STORE OF 1915, NEW SWIMMING POOL AT BITTLE'S DAM, ADS FROM "THE CALL" IN 1892, BIOS OF THE DENTISTS DETWEILER, MEMORABILIA PICTURES HOTEL GRAND ARTICLES AND IMAGES TRANSPORTATION PAGE: SMOKETOWN RESIDENTS CAUGHT WITH COAL NEW STORIES OF THE CANAL INCLUDING A GHOST STORY MANY NEW RAILROAD AND TROLLEY ARTICLES BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN CONSPIRACY TRIAL CANAL PICTURES FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SCHOOL DAYS PAGE: ORIGINAL PLANNING OF AND DEDICATION OF ROTARY FIELD, OPENING OF EAST WARD CORNERSTONE 1916 PLANS FOR NEW HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL FUMIGATION AND EARLY GRADUATION NUMBERS CHECK EACH PAGE FOR BEST RESULTS See individual pages for specific updates |