Three mineworkers were killed in their makeshift coal mine when the roof caved in during a 1934 mine accident.
“Bootleg” mine disaster in Wiconisco Township, Pennsylvania killed three miners | 1934
Wiconisco soldier wounded in Italy, visits Rome | June 1944
Corporal Nicholas Leshko visited Rome after being wounded in the fighting to take the city in 1944.
“Three Brothers from Wiconisco in the Army” | May 1918
The Zimmerman brothers from Wiconisco, Pennsylvania all served in the US Army during the First World War.
Podcast – Killed at Spotsylvania Court House: A Pennsylvania Family’s Story
Josiah and Franklin Workman were killed at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House on May 10, 1864.
A walk to the long abandoned rail junction on Big Lick Mountain | Dauphin County, PA
Today, it doesn’t look like much. A forked path in the woods on State Game Lands in northern Dauphin County. Not much else. We are looking west, the trail on the left headed toward the village of Wiconisco and the right headed one mile to the long forgotten Big Lick Colliery. Behind us, the trail … Continue reading A walk to the long abandoned rail junction on Big Lick Mountain | Dauphin County, PA
Two new additions to the Wynning History image archive show scenes in Pottsville and Wiconisco
These photographs show Coal Region communities in the first decade of the 20th century.
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.
Four Christmases – Holiday excerpts from Henry Keiser’s Civil War diary
Four diary entries from the Civil War document the evolution of holiday experiences of a soldier from Pennsylvania's Coal Region.
“Only Hoover is Big Enough” – A Lykens newspaper’s editorial on the eve of the 1932 election
The Lykens Standard voiced support for President Herbert Hoover and called the campaign against him illegitimate.
Letters from War – A high school sports pundit from a US Army base in England, January 1944
In a letter written on January 30, 1944, Pfc. Irvin Schwartz opined on high school basketball in his native Schuylkill County.