The Mother Church of Catholic Churches in the Coal Region
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
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…
The Mahanoy Plane Engineering Feat
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. …
Coal Country Holiday Obsession
Boilo — making it AND drinking it — is a local obsession here in the Coal Region around the holidays. Boilo is an alcoholic beverage…
A Coal Cracker Remembers
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…
Sweet Home Schuylkill County
If you’re “from here”, you will connect immediately! (Note: Contains some adult language that may be objectionable to some viewers.)
Workin’ In a Coal Mine
Dirty Job’s Mike Rowe goes deep inside an Anthracite mine just outside Pottsville in Schuykill County, Pennsylvania where he gets down and dirty during a…
Black Lung Returns to Coal Country
The deadly coal miners’ disease is surging back despite rules created to control the disease. What is Black Lung? An “Epidemic” Among Miners Advanced Black…