A recent comment on our blog pointed out an amazing resource made available by the Pennsylvania State Archives.
Trove of panoramic maps of Pennsylvania online via the State Archives

A recent comment on our blog pointed out an amazing resource made available by the Pennsylvania State Archives.
An 1873 letter in the Boston Globe exhibits many signs of a Molly Maguire conspiracy theory in the Coal Region.
A newspaper correspondent gives a history of the mining industry in northern Schuylkill County.
In April 1870, a widespread outbreak of violence across Schuylkill County shocked residents