A coal mine was the first to wreck the land. Now activists want to keep another extractive industry from taking root there: ...
One of the most well-maintained mining villages is in Pennsylvania. Visitors can view houses that date to the 1850s and learn ...
Rochester’s newest and one of the largest retail stores, the F. W. Woolworth store, at South Broadway and Second Street SW, ...
The West Pittston Historical Society (WPHS), in recognition of Anthracite Heritage Month, presented “Local Anthracite Mining in the 21st Century” on Tuesday, Jan. 28 at the West Pittston Library. The ...
A new "time tunnel" exhibition which tells the history of British coal mining has opened in West Yorkshire. The feature, ...
Prohibition was in full force in February 1923 when Deputy Sheriff R.T. Edwards arrested three bootleggers in Sego, Utah, ...
In November 1947, the nation's first post-independence budget was presented. Learn about the finance ministers of India and ...
It was clear in the early 1800s that Schuylkill County’s coal deposits were going to become big business. Investors like ...