This remarkable 1927 interview with Charles Kershner explores the aging veteran's service in the Civil War.
A Pottsville Civil War veteran recalls his teenage years in a community at war and enlisting to fight for the Union
Charles Miner’s description of the mining industry in Pennsylvania’s Wyoming Valley – 1830 (Part One)
Early industrialist and political power broker Charles Miner describes the opportunity for the future of the mining industry in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
A vaccination campaign for schoolchildren in Schuylkill County in the 1850s
Medical officials and public school administrators worked together to enforce a mandate that students receive the smallpox vaccine in 1855.
How Schuylkill County football fans “watched” the Pottsville Maroon’s 1925 NFL Championship
As the Pottsville Maroons battled to a 1925 NFL Championship victory in Chicago, their loyal fans in Schuylkill County gathered at Pottsville's Hippodrome.
Letters from War – Battlefield promotion and war souvenirs, December 1944
The West Schuylkill Press-Herald announced Irvin Schwartz's promotion to corporal in December 1944 and that Schwartz's family received war souvenirs from Europe.
Letters from War – “Our Battle for Aachen,” 1944
Irvin Schwartz's vivid description in a letter home to Schuylkill County describes the horror of the Battle of Aachen in October 1944.
“Sever all connection” – A group of Civil War veterans boycotted a Coal Region newspaper in 1883
Civil War veterans in Tower City, PA were infuriated by an insulting story about them in a local newspaper. So they took action.
Letters from War – Checking in with the staff of the Press-Herald from Belgium, September 1944
The young soldier from Pine Grove, PA checked in with his former boss at the West Schuylkill Press-Herald in early fall 1944.
Grudge Match: Lykens and Williamstown football teams dueled for championship in remarkable 1904 game
The game ended in a scoreless tie. But that doesn't mean the circumstances surrounding this game aren't fascinating.
Letters from War – A letter to the Schwartz family at home in Schuylkill County, August 1944
Irvin Schwartz's letter to his family in Schuylkill County was printed in the West Schuylkill Press-Herald in the summer of 1944.
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