On February 20, 1906, a cave-in over Scranton’s Bellevue mine swallowed a home at 322 S. 5th Avenue. The Shea family fled as rumbling began; their house sank eight feet. Next door, the Doughertys heard their home beginning to give way. One house was lost; the other survived. Read the full story.
These photographs show Coal Region communities in the first decade of the 20th century.
Missing baseball? Take a trip back to the insane 1906 season in Pennsylvania's Williams Valley League.
Port Carbon's Civil War monument was dedicated on July 4, 1906 to much fanfare.
In July 1906, engineers from rival coal mines played for bragging rights in northern Dauphin County.
Jake Daubert started his professional baseball career in Lykens, PA in 1906. He quickly rose to the big leagues.
Daubert played his first professional baseball in Williams Valley in 1906. A decade later, he was an MVP and World Series champion.