And a German immigrant with a (now) famous last name raced to Schuylkill County to quench the city's thirst for suds.
As Pottsville rapidly expanded in the 1820s, it was missing something important: beer
The day beer returned to Schuylkill County – 1933
At midnight on April 7, 1933, whistles blew to celebrate the return of legalized beer in the heart of the Coal Region.
“LIQUOR SCARCE” – The quiet end of Prohibition in Pottsville and Schuylkill County
"Pottsville celebrated the advent of the new wet era with one of the driest evenings in its history."
Birds-eye View of Pottsville – 1889
The Schuylkill County seat got into the panoramic map craze in 1889, creating a fantastic resource available to modern researchers.
A visit to the ruins of a Yuengling brewery in Richmond, Virginia
On a recent trip to Richmond, we visited the former site of a Yuengling brewery.
“Ice cream unrivaled” – How Yuengling survived Prohibition
A sweet dessert helped save America's oldest brewery from disappearing during Prohibition.
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