The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission recently announced that Eckley Miners’ Village in Weatherly will undergo a ...

One of the most well-maintained mining villages is in Pennsylvania. Visitors can view houses that date to the 1850s and learn ...

LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — A new way of seeing the history of anthracite coal mining brought Pam Hummell of the Grove City Historical Society to the Lackawanna County Coal Mine Tour in Scranton.

Anthracite coal converted this region from agrarian to industrial. The discovery of hard coal — and the discovery by Jesse Fell of how to burn the stuff — spurred booms in the economy and ...

1 of that same year, a bitter strike began in the anthracite fields of Pennsylvania ... the population was in some way connected to coal, miners and their families flocked to see the painting ...

As part of the Anthracite Mining Heritage Month presentations, the Greater Pittston Historical Society proudly hosted “Historical Places, Historical Markers” on Jan. 12, at St. Joseph Marello ...

The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC) on Wednesday announced that Eckley Miners’ Village — a landmark patch town preserving the legacy of Pennsylvania’s Anthracite mining industry — ...

The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission announced that Eckley Miners’ Village, a landmark patch town preserving the legacy of Pennsylvania’s Anthracite mining industry, will undergo a ...

The tour of the Brooks Mine in Scranton, in conjunction with Anthracite Mining Heritage Month, has been rescheduled for Saturday, Feb. 1, to coincide with the public program being presented by the ...