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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 |
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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| 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 March 7, the site logged it's 460,000th page view. |
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| LAST UPDATED: MARCH 26 MANY PAGES JUST UPDATED YEARS GONE BY: UPDATED FOR MARCH 1921 WITH A COLLECTION OF INTERESTING ARTICLES FROM THE CALL GIVING A NICE FLAVOR OF THE TOWN A HUNDRED YEARS AGO ALONG WITH SOME NICE PERIOD ADS NOTE: UPDATE IS SOMEWHAT BEHIND DUE TO SITE PLATFORM CHANGES WORLD WAR TWO PAGE: JUST ADDED ARE A SERIES OF ARTICLES FROM THE CALL IN 1943 AND 1944 KNOWN AS "SHOTS FROM CAMP" DETAILING THE ACTIVITIES OF MANY TOWN SOLDIERS AND SAILORS AND INCLUDING THEIR PHOTOS RAILROADS PAGE: NEW ARTICLES ADDED INCLUDING: READING RAILROAD PLANS TO DRAIN OLD CANAL DAM IN 1895. IN 1901, COAL THIEVES AT WORK ON THE READING AND A SERIES OF ARTICLES ABOUT PLANS FOR THE NEW READING PASSENGER DEPOT AND IN 1920 YOUNG BOY KILLED IN RAILROAD WRECK MAY BE DISINTERRED FOR IDENTIFICATION CRIME PAGE: A NEW SERIES OF ARTICLES JUST ADDED FROM 1901 INCLUDING: SCRAPPY GIRLS, AN UNHAPPY TEEN BRIDE, TROUBLE AT QUARLEY POINT ANS SEVERAL OTHER MINOR SCRAPES WITH THE LAW NOTABLE NEWS: NEW ARTICLES FROM 1901 ADDED INCLUDING STORIES ABOUT A CAT, A FISH AND HORSES, SMALLPOX IN TOWN, A MAN STRUCK BY "HOODOO," AND SERIOUS TROUBLE ON "CHALK NIGHT" HISTORY PAGE: NEW STORIES IN THE "MUNICIPAL" SECTION JUST ADDED INCLUDING: CULM USED AT ELECTRIC PLANT TO GENERATE POWER, THE YMCA OPENS TO LOCAL BOYS, TELEPHONE LINES BETWEEN TOWN AND POTTSVILLE ALMOST COMPLETE AND THE ALMSHOUSE GETS A NEW WELL AND IS RECOMMENDED FOR FIRE ESCAPES, ALL IN 1901 AND IN 1920 A NEW FENCE IN BUILT ALONG DOCK STREET NEAR THE OLD CANAL BUSINESSES PAGE : OVER A DOZEN NEW ARTICLES JUST ADDED FROM 1901 AS SCHUYLKILL HAVEN GROWS IN THE EARLY PART OF THE 20TH CENTURY THE GREAT WAR: ARTICLES JUST ADDED INCLUDE: JONATHAN KRAMER OF LONG RUN SUCCUMBS TO PNEUMONIA WHILE IN FRANCE AND A GROUP OF LETTERS FROM THE FRONT TELL FOLKS BACK HOME WHAT THE WAR IS LIKE SCHOOL DAYS PAGE: NEW ARTICLES ADDED INCLUDING: SUPERINTENDENT HOOVER RESIGNS IN 1920, NEW FURNITURE FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL IN 1939 AND LABOR DISPUTES WITH CONTRACTORS ARE AN ISSUE WITH THE BOARD IN 1938 AND CAUSE A SCHOOL LOCKOUT IN 1939 CIVIL WAR PAGE: NEW ARTICLES ADDED INCLUDING 1862 LETTER HOME FROM JERE HELMS, DRUMMER BOY KILLED AT ANTIETAM, ROTARY CLUB HONORS LAST TWO WAR VETS AND AMERICAN LEGION ACCEPTS ALL GAR MEMBERS AS HONORARY MEMBERS. FOUR NEW GRAVESTONE PHOTOS OF VETS IN THE SAINT AMBROSE CEMETERY FIRES PAGE: A SERIES OF NEW ARTICLES INCLUDING: BOY SCOUTS CALLED OUT TO FIGHT 1920 BRUSH FIRE, WILLOW LAKE HOME BURNS TO THE GROUND, FAIRMOUNT BRUSH FIRE AND A KITCHEN FIRE ALL IN 1939 AND IN 1942 A SLIGHT FIRE AT THE ALMSHOUSE UNION CEMETERY PAGE: NEW ARTICLES ADDED INCLUDING ENLARGEMENT OF THE JERUSALEM CEMETERY, IMPROVEMENTS AT THE UNION CEMETERY AND THE UNION OBSERVES THE 85TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS FOUNDING. BURIAL RECORDS UP TO 1996 ARE NOW ALSO AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST PHOTO ALBUM: ANOTHER OUTSTANDING SET OF PHOTOS OF THE CAR SHOPS OF THE READING RAILROAD AT SCHUYLKILL HAVEN JUST ADDED, RECENTLY APPEARING IN THE WELL DONE BOOK BY BENJAMIN BERNHART TUMBLING RUN PAGE: JUST ADDED ARE A SET OF MAPS OF THE TUMBLING RUN RESORT DURING ITS PEAK WITH A DETAILED LOOK AT THE LOCATIONS OF ALL THE BUILDINGS. ANOTHER GROUPING OF NEW IMAGES OF THE RESORT HAS ALSO JUST BEEN ADDED. 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 OVER 2300 PHOTOS AND OVER 4200 ARTICLES THROUGHOUT THE SITE !! CHECK EACH PAGE FOR BEST RESULTS See individual pages for specific update |