Schuylkill Haven History
Welcome to a view into the past.....
One hundred years ago, one of these
four views may have been how you
entered Schuylkill Haven.  Clockwise
from the upper left image is: the
trolley entering town from Pottsville
to the north , Center Avenue how it
would have appeared entering the
town in a horse and wagon, the
Pennsylvania Railroad station on
Haven Street and the Reading Railroad
station on Main Street.
Note: Click on each picture here and on many throughout the site and you will have a
larger view. Clicking on it again to zoom in, may increase clarity and expose greater
detail in the picture.
Welcome to the Schuylkill Haven History Web Page.  This web page was
created on January 1, 2007 due to my life long interest in the history of
our town.  It is being presented with as much accuracy as possible from
the sources where the information is obtained.  The site is a work in
progress with changes and additions occurring regularly. Enjoy your visit
and feel free to send your comments and suggestions.  If you have
pictures or information you would like to share, contact me at:             
richardjnagle@schuylkillhavenhistory.com

Richard J. Nagle - Site Administrator
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The website consists of twenty different pages at the present time, each offering
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This website is dedicated to my wonderful wife,
Lynn M. Nagle, who will be forever missed.




March 27,1959 - September 17, 2006
Thank you for your continued interest. On January 23,
the site logged it's 13
1,000th page view.
LAST UPDATED:  JANUARY 19
MANY PAGES JUST UPDATED
FIRES PAGE:
STORIES JUST ADDED FROM THE 1940S:
A COUPLE IS RESCUED FROM A FIRE ON ORCHARD AVENUE, A HOME BURNS ON CENTRE
AVENUE, FIRES ON SAINT PETER STREET AND MOORENOLL STREET, A FIRE IN A
CHRISTMAS TREE AND A STOLEN TRUCH CRASHES AND CATCHES FIRE
BUSINESS PAGE: DEPRESSION ERA ARTICLES JUST ADDED:
COLDREN KNITTING MILL MOVES INTO ITS NEW BUILDING, AIR-O-MATIC STOKERS ARE MADE
ON LIBERTY STREET, FELIX DEPARTMENT STORE GOES OUT OF BUSINESS WITH AN
INTERESTING HISTORY INCLUDED, BRICK PLANT IS SOLD WITH ITS HISTORY INCLUDED, A
LIST OF HOMES BUILT BY THE PROLIFIC PAUL NAFFIN AND ONE OF THE TOWN'S OLDEST
BUSINESSES IS RAZED TO MAKE
ROOM FOR A MODERN NEW GROCERY STORE
YEARS GONE BY:  UPDATED FOR JANUARY 1912 WITH STORIES INCLUDING: COUNCIL
NEWS INVOLVING THE TROLLEY COMPANY AND THE PAVING OF DOCK STREET, NEW
OFFICERS ELECTED AND THE PEST HOUSE STOLEN.  A FIRE SCARE IN TOWN,  BRIGHT
REBER HURT ON THE READING, THE TOWN GIRLS ENTERTAIN THE BASKETBALL TEAMS
AND SCHOOL NOTES
RAILROAD PAGE: NEW READING RAILROAD STORIES: NICK BOJACK KILLED WHERE HIS
FATHER WAS KILLED TWENTY YEARS EARLIER, SECTION GANG ESCAPES DISASTER, GIRL
KILLED ON THE TRACKS AND A DERAILMENT IN THE YARD.
NEW PENNSY RAILROAD STORIES INCLUDING A NEW BRIDGE OVER CENTRE AVENUE, MAN
KILLED NEAR CONNOR'S AND FOUR BOYS ROB THE STATION
CRIME PAGE: NEW STORIES FROM THE 1930'S INCLUDING:
TWO GESCHWINDTS ARRESTED FOR ILLEGAL BOOZE, HAVEN BOYS CAUGHT STEALING IN
CRESSONA, MAN JAILED FOR ATTACKING GIRL, FELTY GAS STATION ROBBED, OFFICER
DEIBERT SOLVES AUTO THEFT IN 25 MINUTES AND BODY OF WILLIAM HUEY EXHUMED ON
SUSPICION OF CRIME
NOTABLE NEWS: NEW STORIES FROM THE 1930s AND 1940s INCLUDING:
A ROTARIAN GETS LOST IN A CREEK, A GIRL IS SAVED FROM DROWNING IN STOYER'S DAM
AND ANOTHER AT WILLOW LAKE, A FISH KILL IN STOYER'S DAM AND SEVERAL ACCIDENTS
ABOUT THE TOWN
CIVIL WAR PAGE:
MINUTES OF THE POST FROM 1877 THROUGH 1879 JUST PUBLISHED
WITH INTERESTING FACTS AND DETAILS ABOUT THE POST
A DETAILED AND THOROUGH HISTORY OF THE JERE HELMS GAR POST OF SCHUYLKILL
HAVEN AS PRINTED IN THE CALL IN 1930 JUST ADDED INCLUDING A LIST OF ALL POST
COMMANDERS AND ADJUTANTS
LANDMARKS PAGE: EIGHTEEN NEW LANDMARK PHOTOS JUST ADDED WITH
CORRESPONDING INFORMATION.  SEE HOW MANY JOG YOUR MEMORY OF THINGS PAST.  
MORE IMAGES WILL BE ADDED SHORTLY.
HISTORY PAGE:  JUST POSTED FOR VETERANS DAY: THE STORIES OF TWO SCHUYLKILL
HAVEN MEN KILLED IN THE VIETNAM WAR.  TAKE THE TIME TO HONOR THEIR MEMORY.  
TRAGEDIES STRIKE TOWNSPEOPLE NEAR AND FAR: A MAN DIES IN A WRECK IN VIRGINIA, A
BOY DROWNS IN SWEET ARROW LAKE, TWO ARE KILLED AT CONNOR'S CROSSING AND A
MAN IS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT BY HIS BEST FRIEND
A GAME REFUGE IS PROPOSED NEAR TOWN, WEST MAIN STREET SEES A WPA PROJECT
AND TWO NEW PLAYGROUNDS BEGIN TO TAKE SHAPE
SCHOOL DAYS PAGE: NEW YEARBOOK PICTURES FROM 1929, 1930 AND 1931 JUST
ADDED.  READ ABOUT THE FIRST NIGHT FOOTBALL GAME PLAYED AT ROTARY FIELD IN
NOVEMBER 1937
TUMBLING RUN PAGE:
NEW STORIES INCLUDE: A NEAR RIOT AT A BASEBALL GAME AT TUMBLING PARK AS POLICE
ARE STONED AND BOAT HOUSES ARE AGAIN THE TARGET OF ROBBERS
PHOTO ALBUM: GREAT PICS OF THE RESULTS OF A RAID ON A SPEAKEASY ON
GARFIELD AVENUE JUST ADDED
RECENT ADDITIONS ARE CLARENCE HEFFNER OF HEFFNER'S MEAT MARKET WITH HIS
TRUCK AND STEERS AND D. D. COLDREN AT THE POST OFFICE WITH HIS FAMOUS DOG, CZAR
HERE AND NOW: ARTICLE ON THIS SITE PUBLISHED IN THE POTTSVILLE REPUBLICAN
JUST POSTED
SCHUYLKILL CANAL PAGE:
THE READING COMPANY DONATES THE ENTIRE CANAL PROPERTY TO THE STATE OF
PENNSYLVANIA IN 1946
FOUR NEW PHOTOS OF CANAL REMAINS NEAR SCHUYLKILL HAVEN JUST ADDED
UNION CEMETERY PAGE: THE MAUSOLEUM EXTERIOR IS COMPLETED IN 1947 AND
THE DEDICATION OCCURS IN NOVEMBER 1948
READ THE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDING
WORLD WAR TWO PAGE:
UPDATE COMING SOON AS GUSTAVE ANCHORSTAR'S FAMILY DISCOVERS THE DUTCH
FAMILY THAT CARES FOR HIS GRAVE
NEW STORY AND PHOTOS FROM ARDENNES CEMETERY IN BELGIUM, RESTING PLACE OF
CHARLES PEEL OF SCHUYLKILL HAVEN AND LUXEMBOURG CEMETERY, RESTING PLACE OF
STANLEY SKUBISH
NOW OVER 850 PHOTOS THROUGHOUT THE SITE !!
CHECK EACH PAGE FOR BEST RESULTS
See individual pages for specific updates