A recent comment on our blog pointed out an amazing resource made available by the Pennsylvania State Archives.
Trove of panoramic maps of Pennsylvania online via the State Archives
Birds-eye View of Pottsville – 1889
The Schuylkill County seat got into the panoramic map craze in 1889, creating a fantastic resource available to modern researchers.
“Something more than a river” – The West Branch in “Sons of Molly Maguire”
Author Mark Bulik eloquently describes the labor wars that consumed Schuylkill County in the 1870s.
The Shamokin Uprising – July 25, 1877
On July 25, 1877, more than 1,000 workers marched in Shamokin. They were shot down by a local militia.
PennCivilWar – Check out our newest project on Pennsylvania in the Civil War
A new project aims to tell stories of Pennsylvania's role in the American Civil War.
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.
Port Carbon’s Soldiers Monument – Dedication on July 4, 1906
Port Carbon's Civil War monument was dedicated on July 4, 1906 to much fanfare.
A Confederate proposal to invade and burn the Coal Region in the summer of 1863
The Richmond Whig told its readers that Lee had a plan to enter Pennsylvania's Coal Region during his 1863 invasion.
Baseball game settled score between colliery engineers in Williams Valley
In July 1906, engineers from rival coal mines played for bragging rights in northern Dauphin County.
Hazleton resident abducted by the Coal and Iron Police – 1872
A Coal and Iron Police agent arrested a Hazleton resident under murky circumstances in September 1872
