Author: Perry K. Blatz
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 9780811727419
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Eckley, near Hazleton, Pennsylvania, was a typical company-mining town, or 'patch', which was in existence from 1854 to 1969. Coal companies constructed and operated villages, such as Eckley, for their workers, providing housing, stores, churches, and schools -- and by extension making the workers wholly dependent on the company. The workers were originally English, Welsh, and German, and later in the century they were joined by immigrants from Ireland and southern and eastern Europe, forming an ethnically diverse community. The site interprets the day-to-day life of the workers and their families.
Eckley Miners' Village
Author: Perry K. Blatz
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 9780811727419
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Eckley, near Hazleton, Pennsylvania, was a typical company-mining town, or 'patch', which was in existence from 1854 to 1969. Coal companies constructed and operated villages, such as Eckley, for their workers, providing housing, stores, churches, and schools -- and by extension making the workers wholly dependent on the company. The workers were originally English, Welsh, and German, and later in the century they were joined by immigrants from Ireland and southern and eastern Europe, forming an ethnically diverse community. The site interprets the day-to-day life of the workers and their families.
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 9780811727419
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Eckley, near Hazleton, Pennsylvania, was a typical company-mining town, or 'patch', which was in existence from 1854 to 1969. Coal companies constructed and operated villages, such as Eckley, for their workers, providing housing, stores, churches, and schools -- and by extension making the workers wholly dependent on the company. The workers were originally English, Welsh, and German, and later in the century they were joined by immigrants from Ireland and southern and eastern Europe, forming an ethnically diverse community. The site interprets the day-to-day life of the workers and their families.
Eckley Miners' Village, Luzerne County, Pa
Author: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthracite coal
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthracite coal
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
"A Patch of Land Owned by the Company"
Author: Stephen G. Warfel
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Patchtown
Author: Jolene Busher
Publisher: Sunbury PressInc
ISBN: 9781934597712
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Patchtown is a collection of historical fiction vignettes, based on real people who lived and worked in the anthracite coal company-owned town of Eckley, Pennsylvania. With the use of the United States census records from 1860-1920, each decade from the Eckley census records will come to life through the narratives of the men, women, and children who lived and worked at the Council Ridge Colliery in Eckley, Pennsylvania. Through combining historical research and artistic license, Patchtown's personas involve themselves in the living and working conditions, and social events that defined the anthracite coal fields of Northeastern Pennsylvania. In each decade's chapter, Patchtown's personas will be directly or indirectly affected by local and national events such as the 1877 Molly Maguire trials, the Lattimer Massacre, the Strike of 1902, and the other industrial and social events specific to Northeastern Pennsylvania and anthracite patchtowns.
Publisher: Sunbury PressInc
ISBN: 9781934597712
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Patchtown is a collection of historical fiction vignettes, based on real people who lived and worked in the anthracite coal company-owned town of Eckley, Pennsylvania. With the use of the United States census records from 1860-1920, each decade from the Eckley census records will come to life through the narratives of the men, women, and children who lived and worked at the Council Ridge Colliery in Eckley, Pennsylvania. Through combining historical research and artistic license, Patchtown's personas involve themselves in the living and working conditions, and social events that defined the anthracite coal fields of Northeastern Pennsylvania. In each decade's chapter, Patchtown's personas will be directly or indirectly affected by local and national events such as the 1877 Molly Maguire trials, the Lattimer Massacre, the Strike of 1902, and the other industrial and social events specific to Northeastern Pennsylvania and anthracite patchtowns.
Eckley Miners' Village, Eckley, Pennsylvania
Author: Anthracite Museum Complex (Pa.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Historic buildings
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Historic buildings
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Sketch Submission
Author: Thomas Horlacher
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Miners
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Miners
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Sketch Submission Amendment
Author: Thomas Horlacher
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Miners
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Miners
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
Historic Paint Analysis for the Sharpe House, Eckley Miners' Village, Eckley, Pennsylvania
Author: Andrew Craig Morrison
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Eckley (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Eckley (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
By-pass Road Relocation Study, Eckley Miners' Village, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Author: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Traffic engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Traffic engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
Lost Coal Country of Northeastern Pennsylvania
Author: Lorena Beniquez
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467126411
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Lost Coal Country of Northeastern Pennsylvania documents the region's disappearing anthracite history, which shaped the legacy of the United States of America and the industrial revolution. The coal mines, breakers, coal miners' homes, and railroads have all steadily disappeared. With only one coal breaker left in the entire state, it was time to record what would soon be lost. Unfortunately, one piece of history that persists is underground fires that ravage communities like Centralia. Blazing for over 50 years, the flames of Centralia will not be doused anytime soon. Images featured in the book include the St. Nicholas coal breaker, Huber coal breaker, Steamtown National Historic Site, Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour, Eckley Miners' Village, Centralia, and the Knox Mine disaster. A hybrid history book and travel guide, Lost Coal Country of Northeastern Pennsylvania is one final recounting of what is gone and what still remains.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467126411
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Lost Coal Country of Northeastern Pennsylvania documents the region's disappearing anthracite history, which shaped the legacy of the United States of America and the industrial revolution. The coal mines, breakers, coal miners' homes, and railroads have all steadily disappeared. With only one coal breaker left in the entire state, it was time to record what would soon be lost. Unfortunately, one piece of history that persists is underground fires that ravage communities like Centralia. Blazing for over 50 years, the flames of Centralia will not be doused anytime soon. Images featured in the book include the St. Nicholas coal breaker, Huber coal breaker, Steamtown National Historic Site, Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour, Eckley Miners' Village, Centralia, and the Knox Mine disaster. A hybrid history book and travel guide, Lost Coal Country of Northeastern Pennsylvania is one final recounting of what is gone and what still remains.