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A Closer Look At John Kehoe

admin 07/17/2019
Who was John Kehoe? How did one man generate such intense feeling, both for him and against him? Martin Ritt’s 1970 film The Molly Maguires sharpened…
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Pa’s Molly Maguires: Fact v. Fiction

admin 07/17/2019
Anne Flaherty presented this paper at the 33rd annual meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies-Western Regional [ACIS-West]. The theme of the conference, held in…
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Made With Love

admin 07/12/2019
In the Coal Region, we love our pierogi. We are willing to stand in long lines at block parties and church picnics just to get…
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Coal Country Holiday Obsession

admin 12/24/2017
Boilo — making it AND drinking it — is a local obsession here in the Coal Region around the holidays. Boilo is an alcoholic beverage…
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Churches and Bars

admin 02/23/2017
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The Coal Region of Memes

admin 02/23/2017
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Who Are These Anthracite People?

admin 02/03/2017
What happened to this region is part of the story of anthracite. The impact of hard coal upon the economy of Northeastern Pennsylvania is another.…
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A Coal Cracker Remembers

admin 01/30/2017
John J. Stoffey, Coaldale, PA, was 95 when he died in early January 2017.  He wrote what he called “Memories of a Coal Cracker” in…
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Sweet Home Schuylkill County

admin 01/30/2017
If you’re “from here”, you will connect immediately! (Note: Contains some adult language that may be objectionable to some viewers.)
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250 Years of PA Anthracite

admin 01/21/2017
Plans are underway to celebrate “King Coal” Celebrating the anniversary of coal is a tricky business. That’s because there are many different interpretations of its…
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