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Exploring the history of Pennsylvania’s Coal Region

About the Author: Jake Wynn

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On July 14, 2019, Wynning History is partnering with Civil War Pittsburgh to film live videos at Antietam National Battlefield.

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Interview with a survivor of the 1904 Williamstown Colliery Disaster
The Williamstown Colliery Disaster of 1904
A solemn tribute – Visiting Port Carbon’s Civil War memorials
“Wait! Watch! Pray!” – The Cuban Missile Crisis
A Pottsville editor’s letter to Abraham Lincoln in support of the Emancipation Proclamation
“147,000 ordered to strike” – The beginning of the 1902 anthracite coal strike

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This weekend marks the 115th anniversary of Dauphin County’s deadliest mine disaster. On May 25, 1904, ten workers were killed inside the Susquehanna Coal Company’s Williamstown Colliery when toxic fumes from locomotives gathered inside Williamstown Tunnel. This photograph shows the north portal of the tunnel; the disaster took place several hundred feet inside the mine. Click the link in my profile to learn more and join me in remembering the men who were lost. #AmericanHistory #Coal #CoalMining #CoalRegion #Pennsylvania #CentralPA

Had the honor to meet Chef José Andrés at @ClaraBartonMSO this afternoon! Chatted about Clara Barton and chef’s humanitarian efforts around the world.

Had the chance to experience something pretty incredible todaythanks to my friend Peter. Toured Blair House and communed with history in the room where Preston Blair and Abraham Lincoln had strategy chats during the Civil War.

On this Mother's Day, I am remembering the remarkable sacrifice of a mother from Port Carbon. Agnes Allison sent four sons from their adopted home in Schuylkill County to fight for the Union Army in the Civil War. All four - Alexander, George, James and John - were killed in action. In July 1908, the citizens of Port Carbon dedicated a monument to "Mother Allison" in the town's Presbyterian Cemetery. She entered the pantheon of American history as one of the rare mothers who lost multiple sons in service to the United States. For more stories like this, click the link in my profile #CivilWar #AmericanCivilWar #AmericanHistory #SchuylkillCounty #CoalRegion

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