A Pottsville physician travels to the Peninsula to report on the experiences of the 96th Pennsylvania at Gaines' Mill.
A Pottsville doctor reports on the 96th Pennsylvania at the Battle of Gaines’ Mill | June 1862
Forgotten railroad wreck left six dead along the Susquehanna River in June 1863
On June 19, 1863, a crowded passenger train jumped the tracks in northern Dauphin County, injuring dozens and killing 6.
First-baseman Jake Daubert went from Pennsylvania’s Williams Valley to National League MVP in 1913
Daubert played his first professional baseball in Williams Valley in 1906. A decade later, he was an MVP and World Series champion.
Newspaper office in Lykens sent four young printers off to fight the Civil War in 1861
Four young men walked out of the offices of the Lykens Journal in 1861 to join the Union Army. Only one came back.