PA COAL REGION
COMMENTARY

Opinions, Comments Recollections on the Anthracite Region.Two picture essays:

Page 1 - The Language

Page 2- The Region and the Mines

Payer Family Genealogy

S F Payer (1) Bio
From History of Schuylkill Co., 1907

History of McAdoo,PA
Zerbey Collection

History of Klein Twp.,PA
This history added
Courtesy of PA GenWeb

Diaries 1, and Diaries 2, of Uriah Good, veteran of the US Civil War

Coal Region Guest Book
(Of Shenandoah, PA)

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	Paragon Land Grab   02/08/2003
	Evangelist "What's Your Name" in McAdoo   02/16/2003
	Coney Islands & CMPs at Jimmy's of Hazleton, PA 02/25/2003
	Photo Contributions of Ralph Nicholas, MHS '50   03/09/2003
	Photo Contributions of John Contrady, MHS '45   03/10/2003
	History of McAdoo, PA  ZerbeyCollection, By Wash Snoich's Pupils - 03/21/2003
	S F Payer (1) Bio From Schalk and Henning's History of Schuylkill Co.1907 - 03/21/2003
	Diaries 1, and Diaries 2, of Uriah Good, veteran of the US Civil War 03/27/2003
	History of Klein Twp.,PA - Courtesy of PA GenWeb - 03/28/2003 County Township Map with Klein Twp.
	Coal Region Tales Stories from the Shenandoah locale. - 04/17/2003
	Footnotes, Crosslinks, Endnotes to Klein Twp History A Comprehensive History of northeast Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania -- 04/19/2003
	The Kelayres Massacre With a topo map of Kelayres and Kline Twp. - 09/01/2003
	Large View Maps of McAdoo Regional Patchtowns ca. 1875 Yorktown, Audenreid, Jeanesville, Beaver Brook, Hazleton 10/08/2003
	A VHS Videotape of McAdoo, PA circa 1937 10/10/2003 via the local Panorama Magazine. And ordering Information
	McAdoo High School Class Pictures 10/23/2003 Enlarged and clarified '56 through '59 The McAdoo Grade School Teachers 10/23/2003 Contributed by Ralph Nicholas, MHS '50
	The old Lehigh Valley RR Arch over the Schuylkill River 11/23/2003 Pictures of The MileHill and Camp Breezy
	Lofty, PA and the Lofty Tunnel  Pictures - 11/23/2003
	Color Township Map of Schuylkill County From the Munsell History of Schuylkill Co., 1880 - 11/28/2003
	Composite Township Map of the Mid-Anthracite Coal Fields Several Sources, 1860 through 1900 - 11/28/2003
	Regional Topographical & Street Maps  01/25//2004 Early Railroad Maps added 03/11/2003
	The Eastern Middle Anthracite Region 01/25/2004 Detailed Towns, Roads and Geology ca. 1890
	The Western Middle and South Anthracite Region 01/25/2004 Detailed Towns, Roads and Geology ca. 1890
	Found! 01/23/2004 Web Site of the Fritz Family History, Tales, Genealogy associated with many of the places surveyed in this web site
	Rush, Delano, Ryan, Walker, Schuylkill Townships - Tamanend and Local Indian Names --The western Quakake Valley More history of the county from Schalk and Henning's History of Schuylkill Co., 1907 11/26/2003 --- Modified 01/26/2004
	Added and Captioned 16 Mining Pictures   02/07/2004
	Added and Captioned 64 Local Scenery Pictures  02/07/2004
Found	A Web Site of complete Bethlehem, PA Pictures Plus its History, the Moravians, and much, much more - 01/04/2005
Found	A good Luzerne County Web Site  01/04/2005
Modified	Slavic-Rusyn Surnames and other Items of Interest 10/23/2003 Contributed by Dan Bavolack, MMI '51 Carpatho-German Notes added 01/05/2005
New	Packer Township   With pictures of the eastern Quakake Valley and a link to Nesquehoning -- 02/17/2005
New	Lehigh Township and Glen Onoko   With pictures of the falls of Glen Onoko -- 02/17/2005
New	Lausanne Township and Weatherly, PA   -- 03/07/2005
	Index to All Maps With links to early railroad routes and railroad journeys
Modified	Patchtown Summary Histories -- Added links to Freeland and Nesquehoning - 02/21/2005
Modified	1875 Patchtowns Overlaid On a Modern Topo Map Counties: Local NE Schuylkill, S Luzerne, NW Carbon - 10/08/2003
	Frontier Times Map -- Pre 1770, for the region considered on this web site - 03/09/2005
Modified	Chris Habina's Pencil Sketches   03/20/2005 (added to)
Temporary	Klein Twp. First-Growth Hemlock Trees - 04/15/2005 and More Local Flora - 06/09/05
New	Coal Basins of the Mid and South Anthracite Fields- 05/26/2005 Map from John Pritiskutch Reproductions
New	PA Mine ('Sulfur') Water Abatement Program- 05/26/2005 With diagram showing the coal vein levels. Lehigh Area Map from PA Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources
See modifications/additions not linked above at: McAdoo/Hazleton Area Pictures 1998 through 2002

McAdoo High School Graduates' Directory
04/06/2006 --- 1400 Entries
1955 Class Reunion Picture Added

Map of the Coal Basins from		By a Shenandoah author.
Local interest and advertising	Emily and Tony	"Sweet Expectations" Bakery Old World Style. At Hometown Farmer's Market
Aerial Pictures		Hazleton, PA
	A Novel About a Coal Town By Richard Clark of McAdoo, PA
Scarpati - Barbering, Huckleberries and Mushrooms	COALHOLE Pubs.	Coalminer's Stamp WebSite