A writer and his friends rode the Reading Railroad to write a travel guide. They reached the end of the line in Williams Valley.
“And where’s Williams Valley?” – An 1877 travel guide pointed visitors to western Schuylkill County
Fire On the Mountain – The Brookside Colliery Fire of November 1869
On November 20, 1869, a massive fire swept through the Brookside Colliery above the growing village of Tower City, Pennsylvania.
