The stories of Schuylkill County, PA
8 narrated audio stories from across Schuylkill County — hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore from its towns, landmarks, and back roads.
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The Man Called McKenna
An undercover detective, coal country, and testimony that still unsettles history.
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When Orwigsburg Lost the County Seat
A local fight over where power in Schuylkill County would live.
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Black Thursday in Pottsville
How one prison came to embody Pennsylvania’s fiercest labor-crime dispute.
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When a County Line Became a Political Decision
How Schuylkill County shows that maps are made by power, not pen strokes.
D. G. Yuengling & Son Brewery
Cold Mountain, Warm Brewery
How hand-dug caves kept Pottsville lager cold before refrigeration.
Yuengling Brewery
After the Fire, a Brewery That Wouldn’t Quit
How a Pottsville brewery survived disaster and became America’s oldest operating brewery.
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
Counting the Hawks That Once Fell
How Hawk Mountain turned slaughter into science.
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
The Woman Who Stopped the Guns at Hawk Mountain
How one purchase turned a killing ground into a refuge for raptors.
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