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1. Anthracite coal in Pennsylvania — the Schuylkill County and Southern Field story Read 6:03
2. Before Pottsville: the pioneer settlers around Pott's furnace Read 18:55
3. Brewing in Schuylkill County — Yuengling, Kaier's, Mount Carbon, and the coal-town breweries Read 15:54
4. Frankie's Smoke Shop, Pottsville (1938–1992) Read 5:49
5. Hidden Creek: A History of the Schuylkill River to 1950 Read 26:29
6. Mahantongo Valley folk art — painted furniture and fraktur Read 19:46
7. Schuylkill Community Action Read 9:27
8. Teaberry — the wintergreen flavor and its Schuylkill County roots Read 13:01
9. The Jewish Community of Pottsville Read 11:52
10. The Molly Maguires in Pennsylvania's anthracite coal region Read 5:03
11. The Pottsville Police Department — from the borough high constable to the Bureau of Police Read 15:25
12. The Salvation Army in Schuylkill County Read 9:45
13. The School Districts of Schuylkill County Read 9:07
14. The Schuylkill County draft resistance of October 1862 Read 18:36
15. The Schuylkill County Historical Society Read 12:01
16. U.S. anthracite production peak — 1917 Read 5:03
17. Yuengling — America's oldest operating brewery, Pottsville, Pennsylvania (founded 1829) Read 4:24

1. Alexander Campbell (1833–1877) Read 2:09
2. Benjamin Bannan (1807–1875) Read 1:47
3. Burd Patterson (1788–1867) Read 1:36
4. Charles D. Kaier (1837/1839–1899) Read 2:40
5. Charles H. King Jr. (1925–1991) Read 1:42
6. Claude A. Lord (1889–1954) Read 24:50
7. Domininkas Boczkauskas (1846–1909) Read 1:43
8. Dr. Mary Alice Swayze (1845–1925) Read 9:11
9. General George A. Joulwan (born 1939) Read 1:13
10. Henry (Elijah) Lord (1788–1835) Read 11:23
11. Jacob G. Frick (1825–1902) Read 1:28
12. Jacob Gunther (c. 1844–1871) Read 1:11
13. John ("Black Jack") Kehoe (1837–1878) Read 8:10
14. John C. Cole (died 1864) Read 1:31
15. John Pott (1759–1827) Read 7:06
16. John Siney (1831–1880) Read 1:51
17. Jonas Šliūpas (1861–1944) Read 2:08
18. Myer Strouse (1825–1878) Read 7:00
19. Necho Allen and the Discovery of Anthracite Read 23:20
20. Nicholas Biddle (c. 1796–1876) Read 2:28
21. Samuel Harries Daddow (1827–1875) Read 1:37
22. Walter Ciszek (1904–1984) Read 1:34

1. African Americans in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Read 12:28
2. Hungarians, Russians, Tyroleans & Smaller Groups of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Read 8:40
3. Lithuanians in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania — 'Little Lithuania, USA' Read 9:51
4. The Carpatho-Rusyns, Ukrainians & Ruthenians of Schuylkill County Read 15:43
5. The Coal-Era Germans of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania — Brewers, Artisans, and Three Religions Read 9:56
6. The Early Scots-Irish & New England (Yankee) Settlers of Schuylkill County Read 8:11
7. The English of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania — Skilled Miners, Engineers & the 'Ranter' Chapel Read 9:56
8. The Greeks of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Read 8:20
9. The Irish of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania — Famine Migration & the Coal Patches Read 8:28
10. The Italians of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Read 9:54
11. The Jewish Community of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania — Merchants on Main Street Read 3:08
12. The Lenni-Lenape (Delaware) of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Read 13:43
13. The Pennsylvania Germans (Pennsylvania Dutch) of Schuylkill County Read 13:57
14. The Poles of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Read 11:40
15. The Slovaks of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Read 12:24
16. The Welsh of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania — Skilled Miners & Mine Bosses Read 12:36

1. 200 North Centre Street Read 6:31
2. 201 North Centre Street Read 6:51
3. 202–204 North Centre Street Read 6:56
4. 203 North Centre Street Read 5:42
5. 206–208–210 North Centre Street Read 5:46
6. 213–215 North Centre Street Read 10:50
7. 217–219 North Centre Street Read 7:38
8. 224 North Second Street Read 5:20
9. 225 North Centre Street Read 7:14
10. 370 South Centre Street Read 8:40
11. J.W. Cooper High School Read 3:52
12. Pottsville City Hall Read 8:04
13. Pottsville Fire Company No. 1 (Humane & Phoenix) Read 1:13
14. The Capitol Theatre Read 3:04
15. The Centre Street Grammar School Read 6:14
16. The Diamonds Building Read 8:18
17. The Hasler Building Read 9:54
18. The Lee Building Read 7:49
19. The Lefkowitz Building Read 8:24
20. The Majestic Theatre Read 2:58
21. The Miners National Bank Building Read 5:40
22. The Pottsville Club Read 2:37
23. The Pottsville Free Public Library Read 7:10
24. The Pottsville Moose Home (Charles M. Atkins Mansion) Read 2:55
25. The Schuylkill Trust Company Building Read 8:30
26. The Tilt Silk Mill Read 9:11
27. The Ulmer Building Read 6:48

1. Congressional Medal of Honor Memorial Read 3:05
2. Discovery Park Read 11:21
3. John Pott Memorial Read 1:59
4. Mothers' Memorial (Whistler's Mother in Bronze) Read 1:09
5. Soldiers' & Sailors' Monument (Schuylkill County Civil War Monument) Read 3:01
6. Spanish War Veterans Memorial ("The Hiker") Read 3:13
7. Veterans Memorial (Pottsville Joint Veterans Council, 1986) Read 3:00

1. A Retrospect of St. John the Baptist's Parish, Pottsville (1917) Read 1:52
2. J. H. Beers, Historical and Biographical Annals of Schuylkill County (1916) Read 3:13
3. Pennsylvania State Association of County Commissioners, 31st Annual Convention, Pottsville (1917) Read 2:06
4. Schalck & Henning, History of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (1907) Read 4:02

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

1. Historic Downtown Pottsville Walking Tour Read 1:45

1. Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Read 1:11
2. Locust Lake State Park Read 1:43
3. Owl Creek Reservoirs Read 1:11
4. Schuylkill River Water Trail Read 1:13
5. Swatara Creek Water Trail Read 1:13
6. Sweet Arrow Lake County Park Read 1:21
7. Tuscarora State Park Read 1:19
8. Weiser State Forest — Port Clinton Tract Read 1:23

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.