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Explore this record →A Bank Takes Shape as Electric Light Approaches
In September 1883, a new bank organized on Sunbury Street while a separate electric-light venture moved toward operation.
Shamokin Stories collection
Stories
Accounts of Shamokin’s people, industries, neighborhoods, institutions, and public life.
Businesses & industryExplore this record →A City of Shops
Grocers, butchers, bakers, druggists, dry-goods dealers, hardware stores, shoemakers, jewelers, and neighborhood proprietors filled Shamokin's surviving volumes with everyday commerce.
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An Engine for Henry Clay's Fan
An 1871 newspaper notice described a steam engine completed by Shamokin Iron Works for the fan at Henry Clay Colliery.
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Building a New Breaker at Cameron
The 1964 colliery history dated the start of a new Cameron breaker to October 1936 and described the steel structure as constructed in 1937.
Businesses & industryExplore this record →Built in Shamokin
Planing mills, carriage works, brick makers, lumber dealers, marble cutters, contractors, and iron shops supplied the material, manufacturing knowledge, and skilled labor that made Shamokin’s streets tangible.
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C. C. Leader Closes, and Its Stock Goes to Wolfe’s
A brief April 1937 announcement marked the closing of an established Shamokin store and the sale of its inventory.
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Cameron Becomes Glen Burn
The News-Dispatch's later colliery history placed the adoption of the Glen Burn name on July 3, 1940, after a change in operating control.
Businesses & industryExplore this record →Cameron, Glen Burn, and the Changing Coal Landscape
A 1964 retrospective connected land, machinery, names, and changing operations without making them the same starting date.
Businesses & industryExplore this record →Coal, Rail, and the Making of Shamokin
Anthracite mining powered Shamokin’s nineteenth-century growth, drawing railroads, industries, workers, and investment into a landscape transformed by coal.
Businesses & industryExplore this record →Collieries and Mine Work Around Shamokin
A 1908 promotional album names Cameron Colliery and also preserves three unidentified mine-work scenes, allowing a careful distinction between a known industrial site and generic mining photographs.
Businesses & industryExplore this record →Commerce Beyond the Shop Counter
Factory plans, shoe repairs, brewery deliveries, theater programs, and an Elysburg warehouse fire reveal the work behind the region’s commercial life.
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Cruikshank Buys the Former Railroad Shops in Sunbury
A Shamokin inventor's heating-equipment business announced the purchase on August 4, 1937.
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Four Utilities Under One Name
November 1899 notices described four utility companies absorbed into Shamokin Light, Heat and Power, together with its financing and a proposed extension.
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Four Utility Names, One New Company
Street-light contracts, storm damage and an 1899 consolidation show the businesses behind Shamokin’s growing utility services.
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Franzus Takes Its Steamer Dispute to Court
In December 1969, the News-Item reported a patent-infringement complaint filed by Franzus Industries, whose principal business address was in Shamokin.
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How Shamokin Promoted Business in the 1800s
The Board of Trade, banks, building-and-loan associations, utilities, manufacturers, and period advertising reveal how Shamokin organized and promoted commercial growth.
Businesses & industryExplore this record →National Ticket’s Fire and a New Factory Plan
A 1942 fire and a 1950 construction announcement capture two sharply different moments in National Ticket’s history.
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Organizing the First National Bank
The First National Bank of Shamokin organized on September 4, 1883, with named officers and plans to use banking rooms on Sunbury Street.
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The Furnace Before the Borough
An 1842 account described an operating furnace and ambitious plans for industry well before Shamokin became a borough.
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The Glen Burn Slopes Stop in 1960
A later colliery account dated a suspension announcement to May 13, 1960, and distinguished the resumption of Glen Burn activity from the Maysville slopes' August restart.
Businesses & industryExplore this record →Where Shamokin Stayed
Directories and an 1885 map place hotels within Shamokin’s commercial streets. The Douty House fire of 1872 and a later hotel proposal show how loss and rebuilding shaped that landscape.