A modern walk to the places that saw the worst of the suffering during the 1918 Spanish Flu outbreak.
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Then and Now: Williamstown’s Emergency Influenza Hospital
“The sweet strains of music were heard” – Memorial Day in Williamstown
Photographs taken on Memorial Day 1907 in Williamstown, Pennsylvania show a community commemorating its war dead.
“Big Lick” – Photographs from the 1860s show a Pennsylvania coal mine with an odd name
The images reveal pictures of industry growing on the side of Big Lick Mountain in Upper Dauphin County after the Civil War.
Williamstown sailor recounts surviving a German U-boat attack, two weeks in a lifeboat in 1943
Jim Shurskis told the dramatic story of surviving his ship's sinking to students from Williamstown High School.
Williamstown Tunnel – A closer look at a Pennsylvania coal mine in the 1860s
Williamstown Tunnel began shipping coal from Northern Dauphin County in 1866 and became the most prosperous coal mine in the state.
Lawyer, Soldier, Writer – The death of Captain John T. Boyle, 96th Pennsylvania
Boyle acted as an unofficial historian for the 96th Pennsylvania. He died on October 11, 1912 at the age of 79.
Williamstown High School football star killed in the Battle of the Bulge in 1945
Private Joe Cooper died in combat on January 4, 1945 near the village of Flamierge, Belgium.
“Look at that smoke coming up” – Williamstown airman killed in plane crash during Second World War
The deaths of a bomber crew near an English airbase in September 1944 demonstrated the danger in flying the B-26 bomber.
“Operations at Williamstown” – The first coal shipments from the mines of Williamstown hit markets in 1865
The Upper Dauphin Register describes the new town being constructed in Williams Valley in a September 1865 edition.
“I propose the following improvements” – Opening the Williamstown Tunnel
In a report written in April 1857, Joseph Ostermann details his work in opening the Williamstown Tunnel in Upper Dauphin County.
