A writer's visit to the Coal Region and his fascinating, but scathing opinions about what he found - Summer of 1873
A visit to the Coal Region in the summer of 1873 – The Atlantic Magazine
The completion of Williamstown Tunnel – 1873
In December 1873, a 4,000 foot tunnel was completed through Big Lick Mountain in Dauphin County. Williamstown Tunnel opened up Bear Valley for profitable coal mining.
Violence in the Coal Region and the Molly Maguire conspiracy theory
An 1873 letter in the Boston Globe exhibits many signs of a Molly Maguire conspiracy theory in the Coal Region.
Wynning History 