On December 18, 1869, six people were killed when a mine cave-in swallowed their homes in Luzerne County.
Remembering the Stockton Mine Disaster – December 18, 1869
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
Relief efforts in Hazleton organized to help Italian refugees in 1944
In 1944, a clothing drive held in Hazleton gathered clothes to help war refugees in Italy.
“147,000 ordered to strike” – The beginning of the 1902 anthracite coal strike
The leader of the United Mine Workers of America addressed the miners of the Coal Region on May 10, 1902.
War Department film shows Coal Region in 1942
"Anthracite rallies" encouraged miners to produce more coal to help the American war effort in 1942.
Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in Hazleton – 1899
On March 17, 1899, the citizens of Hazleton poured into the streets to celebrate Irish heritage.
A ‘wet’ Christmas in the Coal Region during Prohibition
A reporter for the Hazleton Plain Speaker interview bootleggers to get a scoop on the booze situation in 1926.
Coal mines as bomb shelters? – A terrible Cold War idea from the Coal Region
As the Cold War heated up in the winter of 1951, the citizens of Hazleton, Pennsylvania had a radical idea to save themselves from nuclear war.
