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Exploring the history of Pennsylvania’s Coal Region

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“The Gazette – Dispatches from a Northern Civil War Newspaper” – Podcast

The Wynning History blog’s first foray into the world of podcasting combines the history of the Civil War and the Coal Region.

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Letters from War: Irvin Schwartz’s World War II correspondence with the West Schuylkill Press-Herald

A Schuylkill County native’s letters from the Second World War.

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Recent Posts

  • “Destination Unknown” – An upsetting photograph and an American war relief effort in 1940
  • Ukrainian Relief Day in Schuylkill County in 1917 and where you can donate today
  • “In the Depths of a Coal Mine” – Stephen Crane’s 1894 visit to Pennsylvania’s Coal Region
  • “Life in the Coal Villages” – 1888
  • “Christmas 1945” – The first Christmas after a long national struggle
  • “Holiday Greetings” – A December 1944 advertisement for Stegmaier Brewery wished customers a “Victorious New Year”

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