The leader of the United Mine Workers of America addressed the miners of the Coal Region on May 10, 1902.
“147,000 ordered to strike” – The beginning of the 1902 anthracite coal strike
Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in Hazleton | 1899
On March 17, 1899, Hazleton's streets filled with green-clad crowds celebrating St. Patrick's Day with parades, music, and lively performances. This joyful event reflected the Irish community's growing acceptance in American society as their traditions became part of the Coal Region’s cultural fabric.
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? – An impractical 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.