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“Something more than a river” – The West Branch in “Sons of Molly Maguire”

Posted on August 11, 2019January 2, 2025 by Jake Wynn

Author Mark Bulik eloquently describes the labor wars that consumed Schuylkill County in the 1870s.

Posted in Books, Schuylkill CountyTagged Book, Cass Township, Civil War, Coal Region, Foster Township, Heckscherville, Immigration, Labor, Mark Bulik, Minersville, Molly Maguires, Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County, Schuylkill River, West Branch2 Comments

Relief efforts in Hazleton organized to help Italian refugees in 1944

Posted on June 8, 2019May 2, 2025 by Jake Wynn

In 1944, a clothing drive held in Hazleton gathered clothes to help war refugees in Italy.

Posted in Hazleton, World War IITagged Catholic Church, Coal Region, Hazleton, Immigrants, Immigration, Italian, Italy, Luzerne County, Refugee, Relief, World War IILeave a comment

Philadelphia Inquirer: Shenandoah is the food capital of the Coal Region

Posted on April 16, 2019April 20, 2019 by Jake Wynn

A Philly Inquirer reporter discovers the passion for Polish food in the heart of the Coal Region.

Posted in Food, ShenandoahTagged Coal Region, Food, Immigration, kielbasa, Newspaper, Pennsylvania, pierogi, Polish, Schuylkill County, ShenandoahLeave a comment

When the Klan came to Williams Valley | 1924

Posted on May 17, 2018May 2, 2025 by Jake Wynn

A recent visit to a cemetery in Schuylkill County inspired an examination of a dark chapter of local history.

Posted in Reflection, Tower CityTagged Central Pennsylvania, Coal Region, Dauphin County, Gratz, Immigration, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, Lykens, Muir, Pennsylvania, Politics, Porter Township, Schuylkill County, Tower City, Williams Valley, Williamstown4 Comments

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