Schuylkill Haven History
Welcome to a view into the past....
Welcome to a view into the past....
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| 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 distinct topic. Each page is in a different stage of progress and will be updated with new information and images at varying paces. Navigation on the site is done simply by clicking on any blue bar. |
| 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 143,000th 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 !! CHECK EACH PAGE FOR BEST RESULTS See individual pages for specific updates |