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Sarah McCool Papers

Shenandoah Herald

1875

In 1875 a correspondent for the Shenandoah Herald undertook an extensive series of articles on the history of Schuylkill County.  Below is excerpts from Chapter LXI which is the history of Saint Clair.

 

  • Eagle Colliery
  • Pine Forest
  • Oldest Tavern

 

 

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  • Iron Ore

 
  • Burd Patterson & the Blast Furnace
  • John Lawton erects a stone building on the corner of Nichols & Hancock Sts.  Selling it to Mr. Walker who made it into a public hall.
  • EW Maginnes, Mammonth Vein
  • St Clair "Carey Shaft" Shaft

 

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St. Clair (Carey) Shaft

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  • Great Flood of 1844

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McCool Papers II

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