“And Where’s Williams Valley?” – An 1877 Travel Guide to the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad

Posted on by Jake Wynn

A writer and his friends rode the Reading Railroad in 1877 to write a travel guide. They reached the end of the line in Williams Valley.

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“Revolutionary Disloyalty” – A Coal Miners’ Rebellion in Pennsylvania’s Schuylkill County During the Civil War

Posted on by Jake Wynn

In October 1862, Irish miners in Schuylkill County staged an armed revolt against the government. Their actions foreshadowed even bloodier events.