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Month: April 2018

  • Ethnic Roots

Lithuanians Journeyed to U.S. to Work Anthracite

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During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, an estimated 300,000 Lithuanians journeyed to America. This number is hard to document fully because census records…
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Ukranian Lemkos in the Minersville, Pennsylvania Region

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Ukranian Lemkos in the Minersville (Pa.) region. This two-part article was originally published in 2011 and gives an intimate glimpse into family memories and history…
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A Description of Life in the Coal Region Pre Civil War

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In the autumn of 1931, a reporter from the Millersburg Sentinel sat down with Catherine Myers in her daughter’s home in Lykens to talk about…
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The Coal Region and a Living History of Its Polish Connection

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“This place is like a time capsule. You guys still talk about Lemkos and Galicia. We don’t even talk about that stuff,” said exchange student…
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mahanoy city, pa

The Disappearing Jewish Community in the Coal Region

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The disappearance of a Jewish community in a small mining town in Pennsylvania sheds light on the disappearance of many other small Jewish communities that…
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  • History
church of st. patrick, pottsville, pa

The Mother Church of Catholic Churches in the Coal Region

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Today’s Church of St, Patrick in Pottsville, Pa. was the first Catholic church in the lower anthracite coal region; the first between “John Potts and…
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The Coal Region – Railroad Connection

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By 1825, the Schuylkill Navigation Company had completed the Schuylkill Canal, which allowed for the transport of anthracite from Pottsville to Philadelphia in barges capable…
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The Mahanoy Plane Engineering Feat

admin 04/03/2018
The Mahanoy Plane is an engineering feat that moved hundreds of millions of tons of anthracite coal up Broad Mountain, just north of Frackville, PA. …
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