"Pottsville celebrated the advent of the new wet era with one of the driest evenings in its history."
“LIQUOR SCARCE” – The quiet end of Prohibition in Pottsville and Schuylkill County
One Spark: The 1877 Lykens Mine Fire
On a cold and snowy day in 1877, a fire began at the bottom of Short Mountain Colliery in Wiconisco, Pennsylvania. Two communities would be forever altered by its flames.
