Anthracite coal converted this region from agrarian to industrial. The discovery of hard coal — and the discovery by Jesse Fell of how to burn the stuff — spurred booms in the economy and population.

It was clear in the early 1800s that Schuylkill County’s coal deposits were going to become big business. Investors like Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia banker and one of the richest men in the world, ...

There’s an opportunity awaiting someone who wants to buy a 104-year-old family business whose amenities include a functioning ...

Krasnoselsky made the statement on Jan. 27, calling Ukraine’s proposal a “speculative option.” He noted that the power plant ...

In October 1925, the Pottsville Free Public Library was turned into an art gallery with an exhibit dedicated to life in the ...

At Banwen there were 1,300 men and 90 horses working. The stables were as good as anything you would see at Newmarket. They were immaculate. The horses were washed, and because it was a drift mine the ...

It was the work of George Luks, by that time a well-known American painter who considered the coal region his home. On Sept. 1 of that same year, a bitter strike began in the anthracite fields of ...

Centralia, Pennsylvania, is a name that evokes intrigue, mystery, and a sense of eerie desolation. Known as the "real Silent ...

The West Pittston Historical Society (WPHS), in recognition of Anthracite Heritage Month, presented “Local Anthracite Mining ...