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“Saturday night in Pottsville” | Scenes from 1845

Posted on October 12, 2024November 11, 2024 by Jake Wynn

Pottsville PA in the 1850s

A vivid account details an average Saturday night in Pottsville, PA in the 1840s.

Posted in Schuylkill CountyTagged 1845, Beer, Coal Region, Crime, Germans, Irish, Miners Journal, Northeastern Pennsylvania, October, Party, Pay Day, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania History, Pottsville, Saturday, Schuylkill County1 Comment

The Gazette: Episode 2 – Military on the March

Posted on April 29, 2021April 28, 2021 by Jake Wynn

Pittston's young men mobilized for action one week after the attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861.

Posted in Civil War, Luzerne County, The GazetteTagged 1861, April, Baltimore, Civil War, Coal Region, Germans, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Coal Company, Pittston, Pittston Gazette, Pittston Yeagers, Podcast, Pratt Street Riot, Scranton, The Gazette, Wilkes-Barre, Wyoming ValleyLeave a comment

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