Here’s the lineup: Linda Scott, Avondale Preservation Committee, who will speak about The Avondale Mine Disaster (1869 ... on the Use of Anthracite Coal for U.S Military Bases during the ...

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, ...