Government & civic life
Explore this record →Becoming a City Took More Than a Vote
From the 1947 referendum to the 1950 organization of government, Shamokin’s city status arrived through several steps.
Newspaper coverage: 1947–1950
Shamokin Stories collection
From the Newspapers
Stories of Shamokin drawn from the newspapers of their day.
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Choosing Shamokin’s First Borough Government
The move toward borough government in 1864 turned a growing community’s ambitions into local offices and elections.
Newspaper coverage: 1864–1964
Government & civic lifeExplore this record →Reusing the Downtown
Bunker Hill’s rehabilitation program and the dispute over its shade trees place today’s downtown reuse and street plans in a longer history of neighborhood change.
Newspaper coverage: 1972–1977