Shamokin Stories collection
Stories of Shamokin drawn from the newspapers of their day.
A teacher became a physician, crossed Shamokin’s coal hills on house calls, and kept serving patients long after she expected to retire.
Newspaper coverage: 1897–1947
Congressional requests, brief newspaper notices and a 1905 postcard reveal several stages in Shamokin’s effort to place cannon beside a soldiers’ monument.
Newspaper coverage: 1899–1902
From Edgewood Park in the early twentieth century to later neighborhood parks and family attractions, recreation gave Shamokin-area residents places to gather beyond work and school.
Newspaper coverage: 1898–1949