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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ATM_firth-dock-1828-1871_Pottsville-PA.html
This anthracite coal transportation facility helped fuel America's Industrial Revolution in the 19th century. It was vital to the shipment of up to one-half million tons of coal annually along the Schuylkill Canal to Philadelphia and throughout th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AQA_pottsville-maroons_Pottsville-PA.html
The legendary team played as a member of the National Football League here, 1925-28. In 1925 the Maroons compiled a record widely viewed as the league's best. They climaxed their season by defeating Notre Dame in a well publicized pro vs. college …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1APM_molly-maguire-executions_Pottsville-PA.html
On June 21, 1877, six "Molly Maguires," an alleged secret society of Irish mine-workers, were hanged here. Pinkerton detective James McParlan's testimony led to convictions for violent crimes against the coal industry, yet the facts of the labor, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AOX_schuylkill-county_Pottsville-PA.html
Formed March 1, 1811 out of Northampton and Berks counties. Parts of Columbia and Luzerne counties added 1818. The name honors the Schuylkill River. County seat, Pottsville, was made a borough in 1828; city in 1911. A center of the anthracite coal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AOS_burd-patterson_Pottsville-PA.html
Anthracite pioneer. He developed slope method for mining below water table, 1835. His Pottsville Furnace was the first successful smelter of anthracite iron, 1839-40. His home, built 1830-35, was first of the mansions to line Mahantongo St.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AN4_john-o-hara_Pottsville-PA.html
This was the home, from 1916 to 1928, of one of America's best known novelists and short-story writers. Born at Pottsville in 1905, he used this anthracite region as a setting for several of his major works. O'Hara died at Princeton, N.J., in 1970.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A0B_yuengling-americas-oldest-brewery_Pottsville-PA.html
America's Oldest Brewery founded by David G. Yuengling.Operated continuously on this site by the Yuengling Family since 1831.Entered on the Pennsylvania Inventory of Historic Places.Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Historical Society…