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Hazleton resident abducted by the Coal and Iron Police – 1872

Posted on June 23, 2019June 24, 2019 by Jake Wynn

A Coal and Iron Police agent arrested a Hazleton resident under murky circumstances in September 1872

Posted in Coal Region, HazletonTagged 1872, Coal and Iron Police, Coal Region, Hazleton, Labor, Luzerne County, Newspaper, Pennsylvania, Wilkes-BarreLeave a comment

Footage captures the damage and destruction caused by 1972 flood

Posted on June 14, 2019June 5, 2019 by Jake Wynn

Footage captures the devastation caused by the 1972 flood near Wilkes-Barre.

Posted in Coal Region, Wilkes-BarreTagged 1972, Coal Region, Flood, Hurricane Agnes, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre, Wyoming Valley1 Comment

The Coal Region on D-Day – June 6, 1944

Posted on June 6, 2019June 3, 2019 by Jake Wynn

On this 75th anniversary of D-Day, we are remembering how the Pennsylvania home front marked the historic moment.

Posted in Coal Region, World War IITagged 1944, Carbondale, Coal Region, D-Day, Freeland, Lackawanna County, Luzerne County, Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Scranton, Shamokin, Shenandoah, Wilkes-Barre, World War IILeave a comment

Coal Region responses to the Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter – April 1861

Posted on April 12, 2019April 20, 2019 by Jake Wynn

Patriotism took over Pennsylvania's Coal Region in the wake of the bombardment of Fort Sumter in April 1861.

Posted in Civil War, Coal RegionTagged 1861, Civil War, Coal Region, Fort Sumter, Newspapers, Pittston, Pottsville, Wilkes-BarreLeave a comment

War Department film shows Coal Region in 1942

Posted on March 23, 2019April 26, 2019 by Jake Wynn

"Anthracite rallies" encouraged miners to produce more coal to help the American war effort in 1942.

Posted in Coal Region, World War IITagged anthracite, Anthracite coal, Coal, Coal Mining, Coal Region, Film, Hazleton, Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, Scranton, Video, War Department, Wilkes-Barre, World War IILeave a comment

“Women will vote strong” – Wilkes-Barre women excited to vote in 1920 presidential election

Posted on March 10, 2019March 6, 2019 by Jake Wynn

A reporter from the Wilkes-Barre Record interviewed numerous women about suffrage in August 1920.

Posted in Luzerne County, Wilkes-BarreTagged 1920, 19th Amendment, Coal Region, Luzerne County, Newspaper, Suffrage, Wilkes-Barre, Women, Women's History, Wyoming ValleyLeave a comment

Captain Alexander Frazer – Civil War hero and Coal Region mine foreman

Posted on January 17, 2019January 17, 2019 by Jake Wynn

Captain Alexander Frazer became a hero during the Civil War. And after the war he shined as a mining expert in the Coal Region.

Posted in Civil War, Coal RegionTagged Alexander Frazer, Civil War, Civil War veteran, Coal Mining, Coal Region, Kalmia, Kalmia Colliery, Schuylkill County, Shamokin, Wilkes-Barre1 Comment

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