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 Creator and Administrator
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The website consists of twenty different pages at the present time, each offering information within a
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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 May 15, the
site logged it's 14
3,000th page view.
LAST UPDATED:  MAY 9
MANY PAGES JUST UPDATED
RAILROAD PAGE:
A SUPERB SET OF SIXTEEN PHOTOS SHOWING RECONSTRUCTION WORK ON THE READING RAILROAD BRIDGE NEAR
MAIN STREET JUST POSTED
THREE VERY DETAILED PICTURES JUST ADDED INCLUDING ONE OF THE READING CAR SHOPS AND TWO OF THE
READING STORAGE YARDS.  THESE ARE GREAT PICS.
YEARS GONE BY:  UPDATED FOR APRIL 1912 WITH STORIES INCLUDING: CONTINUING DEBATE ON THE PAVING OF
DOCK STREET ALONG WITH OTHER COUNCIL NEWS, SCHOOL BOARD NOTES INCLUDING THE START OF BASEBALL
SEASON, NEW RAIL FOR THE TROLLEY IN TOWN AND THE POSSIBLE DANGER AT THE TOWN MOVING PICTURE SHOW
CIVIL WAR PAGE:
MINUTES OF THE POST FROM 1881 AND 1882 JUST PUBLISHED
THE MINUTES FROM THESE YEARS ARE DETAILED AND INCLUDE INTERESTING FACTS AND MENTION MANY
VETERANS FROM SCHUYLKILL HAVEN
FIRES PAGE:
STORIES JUST ADDED INCLUDING:
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN YOUTH, RONALD YOUNG, INVENTS FIRE ALARM, EXPLOSION IN COLUMBIA STREET WELL,
PULLERS OF FALSE ALARM PURSUED TO POTTSVILLE, LOSCH OIL TRUCK CATCHES FIRE, BUILDING AT THE
STORAGE YARD BURNS TO THE GROUND
BUSINESS PAGE: DEPRESSION ERA ARTICLES JUST ADDED:
THE KAYSER KNITTING MILL CLOSES IN 1936 AND REOPENS IN 1938 AS ALPHA MILLS.  MERLIE FISHER MOVES HIS
BARBER SHOP, HARRY FEGER RENOVATES HIS PAINT STORE AND HAVEN MOTORS OPENS FOR BUSINESS. THE CALL
LISTS BUSINESSES THAT HAVE CLOSED IN THE PAST 25 YEARS COSTING MANY JOBS TO SCHUYLKILL HAVENITES
NOTABLE NEWS: NEW STORIES FROM THE 1940s INCLUDING:
BALLOT CHALLENGE REVEALS NO FRAUD, MARTIN CASEY RETURNS FROM MARINES AND IS HIT BY CAR, RABIES
EPIDEMIC IN TOWN, 1892 BALLOT BOX FOUND, THREE GIRLS HIT BY ALMSHOUSE, FOUR INJURED IN ACCIDENT ON
CENTRE AVENUE AND ANOTHER ACCIDENT ON CENTRE AVENUE
CRIME PAGE: NEW STORIES FROM THE 1940'S INCLUDING:
DOG THIEVES VISIT TOWN, WATCHMAN MURDERED NEAR CONNORS CROSSING, A GAMBLING RAID ON DOCK STREET,
SODA SHOP ROBBED, GROCERY STORES ROBBED, HAVEN MAN HAS CAR STOLEN AND HAVEN MOTORS AND
PARKWAY RESTAURANT ROBBED
HISTORY PAGE:  NEW MUNICIPAL STORIES INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE "ISLAND" FOR RECREATION IN
1938 AND 1948, BEGINNINGS OF THE PLAYGROUNDS IN SMOKETOWN AND N WILLOW STREET AND THE NATIONAL
GUARD RECRUITS NEW MEMBERS
NEW TRAGEDIES INCLUDING A TERRIFIC P[LANE CRASH KILLS A MAN SOUTH OF TOWN THE DAY HE GETS HIS PILOTS
LICENSE, YOUNG BOY DROWNS IN MILLER'S POND AND GAS KILLS A YOUNG MOTHER ON LIBERTY STREET
SCHOOL DAYS PAGE: JUST ADDED ARE EIGHT NOSTALGIC PHOTOS OF THE INTERIOR OF THE EAST WARD
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON UNION STREET
GREAT PHOTO OF A CLASS IN SCHOOL NUMBER 2 IN 1885 WITH TEACHER C. P. SAYLOR
PHOTO ALBUM: TWO NEW PICTURES OF BRESSLER'S BAND PARADING JUST ADDED INCLUDING ONE FROM ROY
GUERTLER'S FUNERAL PROCESSION.  SEE A PICTURE OF THE DELIVERY TRUCK OF FARMER HARVEY MOYER
GREAT NEW PIC OF WILLOW LAKE SWIMMING POOL JUST ADDED
LANDMARKS PAGE: FORMER LOCATIONS OF TEN "MOM AND POP" GROCERY STORES JUST ADDED.  IS YOUR
FAVORITE ONE THERE?
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
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 900 PHOTOS THROUGHOUT THE SITE !!
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