In the early morning hours of November 11, 1918, the mining towns of Williams Valley erupted with joy.
“Wild with joy” – Celebrations marked end of World War I in Williams Valley
“May these sights soon cease” – Influenza in Pottsville, 1918
"Sorrow and woe stalk almost unceasingly in our midst," wrote the Pottsville Republican in October 1918.
Coal Region doctor became a British war hero in March 1918
Dr. Daniel E. Berney was severely wounded while evacuating wounded soldiers during the First World War.
World War I draftees paraded through Elizabethville in 1918 before marching off to war
On a sunny Saturday in August 1918, more than 150 young men prepared for entry into the U.S. Army at the town park in Elizabethville, PA.
“Nothing to really compare with this” – A reflection on the 1918 influenza epidemic in Wilkes-Barre
"Three hundred miles of funeral processions, and the tears and groans that accompany these sad partings."
After the First World War, miners in Williams Valley faced an uncertain future
A newspaper correspondent details life in Lykens and Wiconisco in the months after the end of the Great War.
Women faced great risks, but volunteered to save lives in Harrisburg during the 1918 flu epidemic
During the height of the 1918 influenza epidemic, the women of Central Pennsylvania jumped into action.
Lykens Red Cross chapter knitted, baked, and volunteered to help local soldiers overseas in 1918
Women from the Coal Region volunteered to provide assistance to troops during the First World War.
During the height of the 1918 influenza outbreak, central Pennsylvania ran out of coffins
Undertakers in Harrisburg found their morgues full of flu victims in October 1918 with no way to give them proper burials.
Parade to raise money for World War I brought deadly influenza to Williams Valley in 1918
"Good music always has an appeal to most people," wrote a reporter accompanying a Liberty Loan Drive parade through Central Pennsylvania in the early fall of 1918. And in the coal towns of Dauphin County's Williams Valley, the bands and singers were particularly successful in attracting a crowd. On the evening of October 2, 1918, … Continue reading Parade to raise money for World War I brought deadly influenza to Williams Valley in 1918
