In May 1927, Henry Keiser described the Coal Region towns where he grew up as they looked in the 1850s.
Henry Keiser’s ‘reminisicences’ of Lykens and Wiconisco before the Civil War
“This community sustains a great loss” – A fatal mine disaster in Wiconisco Township during the Civil War
On February 7, 1862, a roof collapsed inside the Short Mountain Colliery killing a respected miner and wounding several others.
“Overhauling is going on vigorously” – An 1860s photograph reveals work at coal breaker in Wiconisco
A photograph taken shortly after the Civil War shows mining operations in Wiconisco Township in Dauphin County in the 1860s.
