Lithuanians of Schuylkill County
Lithuanians of Schuylkill County

Author: Anne Chaikowsky La Voie

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 1

ISBN-13: 146712916X

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From villages and cities in Lithuania, immigrants came to America to find what they were denied in Eastern Europe, which was freedom from tyranny and want as well as freedom to worship and live as they chose. Through centuries of bloody invasions and cruel oppression, their Lithuania was denied to them, yet here, in the anthracite coalfields of Pennsylvania, these immigrants worked to build communities of proud American citizens who continued to celebrate Kucios as well as Kaledos, eat blynai and saltibarscia, decorate marguciai, and pray the rosary in their native language. In Schuylkill County, they built the first churches, first schools, and first communities established by Lithuanians in the United States. Lithuanian American bands, newspapers, and festivals prospered for decades. No matter the hardships--grueling work in coalmines, contempt and violence against recent immigrants, religious prejudice, or condescension toward foreign names and accents--they believed in their country, the United States. Their stories are essential America.

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Author: J.H. Beers

Publisher: Рипол Классик

Published:

Total Pages: 663

ISBN-13: 5874802770

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Genealogy-Family History-Biography. Containing Historical Sketches of Old Families and of Representative and Prominent Citizens, Past and Present. In two volumes. Illustrated.

Henry Clay Frick and the Golden Age of Coal and Coke, 1870-1920
Henry Clay Frick and the Golden Age of Coal and Coke, 1870-1920

Author: Cassandra Vivian

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2020-04-09

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 1476639809

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Once the beehive coke oven was perfected in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, the coal and coke industry began to flourish and supply other fledgling industries with the fuel they needed to succeed. The thrust of this growth came from Henry Clay Frick, who opened his first coal mines in the Morgan Valley of Fayette County in 1871. There, he helped lead the industry, making it the major developmental force in industrial America. This book traces the birth and growth of the early coal and coke industry from 1870 to 1920, primarily in Fayette and Westmoreland Counties. Beyond Frick's importance to the industry, other major topics covered in this history include the lives and struggles of the miners and immigrants who worked in the industry, the growth of unions and the many strikes in the region, and the attempts to clean the surrounding waterways from the horrific pollution that resulted from industrial development. Perhaps the most significant fact is that this book uses primary sources contemporary with the golden age of the coal and coke industry. That effort offers an alternative view and helps repair the common portrayal of Frick as corrupt by showing his work as that of an industrial genius.

Pottsville in the Twentieth Century
Pottsville in the Twentieth Century

Author: Leo L. Ward

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738512372

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"FAREWELL 1899! WELCOME 1900!" was the headline in the Pottsville Republican on January 1, 1900. The people of Pottsville ushered in the new century in the usual manner with noisy gatherings and crowded churches. Coal was king in Schuylkill County during the nineteenth century, but the demise of the coal industry had already begun by 1900. Bitter strikes between coal operators and miners, especially the great strike of 1902, caused consumers to find other fuels and forced Pottsville to re-create its economy and identity.However, residents adapted swiftly, and it was not long before Pottsville had seven volunteer fire companies, the second-finest courthouse in the state, a first-class hospital, twenty-three churches, a $100,000 YMCA building, a public mission, a free kindergarten, twelve fine schoolhouses, two parochial schools, and a free public library. Pottsville in the Twentieth Century celebrates the town's changes and accomplishments throughout the 1900s.