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 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 February 4, the site logged it's 132,000th page view. |
| LAST UPDATED: FEBRUARY 8 MANY PAGES JUST UPDATED RAILROAD PAGE: THREE VERY DETAILED PICTURES JUST ADDED INCLUDING ONE OF THE READING CAR SHOPS AND TWO OF THE READING STORAGE YARDS. THESE ARE GREAT PICS. 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. LANDMARKS PAGE: FORMER LOCATIONS OF TEN "MOM AND POP" GROCERY STORES JUST ADDED. IS YOUR FAVORITE ONE THERE? CIVIL WAR PAGE: MINUTES OF THE POST FROM 1880 JUST PUBLISHED 1880 WAS A BUSY YEAR AND INCLUDED A CAMP FIRE HELD IN TOWN IN BOYER'S GROVE 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 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 TRUCK 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 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 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 |
| ANNOUNCEMENT !!! I will be displaying a large portion of my personal collection of Schuylkill Haven memorabilia at the History Fair at the Fairlane Village Mall in Pottsville on Saturday, February 11. This includes many advertising items, milk bottles, school items and photographs. Please stop by and visit. As always, I am looking to purchase additions to my collection and I am always seeking photographs to copy for use on my web site. |