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1. Anthracite coal in Pennsylvania — the Schuylkill County and Southern Field story Read 5:49
2. Before Pottsville: the pioneer settlers around Pott's furnace Read 18:03
3. Brewing in Schuylkill County — Yuengling, Kaier's, Mount Carbon, and the coal-town breweries Read 15:03
4. Hidden Creek: A History of the Schuylkill River to 1950 Read 25:22
5. Mahantongo Valley folk art — painted furniture and fraktur Read 18:53
6. Schuylkill Community Action Read 9:06
7. Teaberry — the wintergreen flavor and its Schuylkill County roots Read 12:25
8. The Jewish Community of Pottsville Read 11:12
9. The Molly Maguires in Pennsylvania's anthracite coal region Read 4:46
10. The Pottsville Police Department — from the borough high constable to the Bureau of Police Read 14:40
11. The Salvation Army in Schuylkill County Read 9:41
12. The School Districts of Schuylkill County Read 8:50
13. The Schuylkill County draft resistance of October 1862 Read 17:39
14. The Schuylkill County Historical Society Read 11:44
15. U.S. anthracite production peak — 1917 Read 4:50
16. Yuengling — America's oldest operating brewery, Pottsville, Pennsylvania (founded 1829) Read 4:09

1. Alexander Campbell (1833–1877) Read 2:12
2. Benjamin Bannan (1807–1875) Read 1:43
3. Burd Patterson (1788–1867) Read 1:30
4. Charles D. Kaier (1837/1839–1899) Read 2:35
5. Charles H. King Jr. (1925–1991) Read 1:38
6. Claude A. Lord (1889–1954) Read 23:43
7. Domininkas Boczkauskas (1846–1909) Read 1:43
8. General George A. Joulwan (born 1939) Read 1:12
9. Henry (Elijah) Lord (1788–1835) Read 11:02
10. Ivan Volansky (1857–1926) Read 1:41
11. Jacob G. Frick (1825–1902) Read 1:25
12. Jacob Gunther (c. 1844–1871) Read 1:12
13. John ("Black Jack") Kehoe (1837–1878) Read 7:58
14. John C. Cole (died 1864) Read 1:25
15. John Pott (1759–1827) Read 6:54
16. John Siney (1831–1880) Read 1:46
17. Jonas Šliūpas (1861–1944) Read 2:07
18. Mary Alice Swayze (1845–1925) Read 8:08
19. Myer Strouse (1825–1878) Read 6:19
20. Necho Allen and the Discovery of Anthracite Read 22:28
21. Nicholas Biddle (c. 1796–1876) Read 2:28
22. Samuel Harries Daddow (1827–1875) Read 1:34
23. Walter Ciszek (1904–1984) Read 1:30

1. African Americans in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Read 11:53
2. Hungarians, Russians, Tyroleans & Smaller Groups of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Read 8:18
3. Lithuanians in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania — 'Little Lithuania, USA' Read 9:35
4. The Carpatho-Rusyns, Ukrainians & Ruthenians of Schuylkill County Read 15:28
5. The Coal-Era Germans of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania — Brewers, Artisans, and Three Religions Read 9:33
6. The Early Scots-Irish & New England (Yankee) Settlers of Schuylkill County Read 7:59
7. The English of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania — Skilled Miners, Engineers & the 'Ranter' Chapel Read 9:29
8. The Greeks of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Read 8:00
9. The Irish of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania — Famine Migration & the Coal Patches Read 8:10
10. The Italians of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Read 9:37
11. The Jewish Community of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania — Merchants on Main Street Read 3:11
12. The Lenni-Lenape (Delaware) of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Read 13:28
13. The Pennsylvania Germans (Pennsylvania Dutch) of Schuylkill County Read 13:28
14. The Poles of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Read 11:07
15. The Slovaks of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Read 12:00
16. The Welsh of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania — Skilled Miners & Mine Bosses Read 12:22

1. 200 North Centre Street Read 6:18
2. 201 North Centre Street Read 6:28
3. 202–204 North Centre Street Read 6:34
4. 203 North Centre Street Read 5:25
5. 206–208–210 North Centre Street Read 5:29
6. 213–215 North Centre Street Read 10:19
7. 217–219 North Centre Street Read 7:22
8. 224 North Second Street Read 5:08
9. 225 North Centre Street Read 6:50
10. 370 South Centre Street Read 8:24
11. J.W. Cooper High School Read 3:42
12. Pottsville City Hall Read 7:36
13. Pottsville Fire Company No. 1 (Humane & Phoenix) Read 1:07
14. The Capitol Theatre Read 2:55
15. The Centre Street Grammar School Read 5:54
16. The Diamonds Building Read 7:57
17. The Hasler Building Read 9:20
18. The Lee Building Read 7:15
19. The Lefkowitz Building Read 8:02
20. The Majestic Theatre Read 2:50
21. The Miners National Bank Building Read 5:21
22. The Pottsville Club Read 2:29
23. The Pottsville Free Public Library Read 6:51
24. The Pottsville Moose Home (Charles M. Atkins Mansion) Read 2:48
25. The Schuylkill Trust Company Building Read 8:05
26. The Ulmer Building Read 6:38

1. Congressional Medal of Honor Memorial Read 3:01
2. Discovery Park Read 11:05
3. Henry Clay Monument Read 2:29
4. John Pott Memorial Read 1:52
5. Mothers' Memorial (Whistler's Mother in Bronze) Read 1:04
6. Soldiers' & Sailors' Monument (Schuylkill County Civil War Monument) Read 2:50
7. Spanish War Veterans Memorial ("The Hiker") Read 3:00
8. Veterans Memorial (Pottsville Joint Veterans Council, 1986) Read 2:50

1. A Retrospect of St. John the Baptist's Parish, Pottsville (1917) Read 1:51
2. J. H. Beers, Historical and Biographical Annals of Schuylkill County (1916) Read 3:09
3. Pennsylvania State Association of County Commissioners, 31st Annual Convention, Pottsville (1917) Read 2:04
4. Schalck & Henning, History of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (1907) Read 3:58

Every chapter here is a route you can walk — follow the written guides →

1. Historic Downtown Pottsville Walking Tour Read 1:41

1. Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Read 1:07
2. Locust Lake State Park Read 1:41
3. Owl Creek Reservoirs Read 1:11
4. Schuylkill River Water Trail Read 1:10
5. Swatara Creek Water Trail Read 1:13
6. Sweet Arrow Lake County Park Read 1:21
7. Tuscarora State Park Read 1:16
8. Weiser State Forest — Port Clinton Tract Read 1:20

The names and words outsiders trip on, spoken the way the county says them. Definitions live in the Coal Region glossary — and how the narrator learned these names is a story of its own.