The deaths of a bomber crew near an English airbase in September 1944 demonstrated the danger in flying the B-26 bomber.
“Look at that smoke coming up” – Williamstown airman killed in plane crash during Second World War
“Operations at Williamstown” – Story details the completion of the breaker at Williamstown Colliery 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.
“A Shocking Mining Accident” in Williamstown, Pennsylvania | April 1872
"The excitement is great," reported the Lykens Register in April 1872. Williamstown Colliery had just experienced its deadliest accident to date.
Williamstown Takes on the Harrisburg Giants – July 1905
In an exhibition game in July 1905, the Harrisburg Giants traveled to the Upper End to take on Williamstown.
Anthracite coal and the Civil War fueled the birth of Williamstown in the 1860s
A report from the Summit Branch Railroad Company in 1865 details the growth of a new community at the northern tip of Dauphin County.
A dying Pennsylvania coal town found creative ways to feed local children during the Great Depression
The Great Depression sparked a food crisis in the United States. Here's how Williamstown, PA fed hungry schoolchildren.
A Williamstown coal miner demands steel from abandoned mines be recycled for Second World War
A miner from Williamstown, Pennsylvania recommends using scrap steel from the closed mines for the newly opened war effort.
“Abandoned as Unprofitable” – Williamstown Colliery Closes Forever
In January 1942, workers began dismantling the once thriving Williamstown mining operation.
Sudden Death On The Road To Williamstown – January 1877
Drunken sleigh-riding not advised.