Nineteenth-century businessman J. Warner Erwin traveled across Pennsylvania as a conveyancer, a term for a writer of deeds, leases, property transfers, and other legal matters. He kept a detailed diary of his travels, including a descriptive account of a November 1851 trip through several towns in the Susquehanna Valley.
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The Hard Coal Navy was a nickname for the boats, barges, and crews that recovered waste anthracite from the bottom of the Susquehanna River. The documented industry stretched from the Luzerne County coal region through Columbia, Montour, and Northumberland, downstream toward Harrisburg, and into the lower river. One historical account describes about 20 companies and 300 workers along the Shickshinny–Harrisburg stretch.
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On October 30, 1874, flames devastated the town of Selinsgrove in Snyder County. Businesses, residences, and community landmarks were lost. Among them were the Methodist Episcopal Church, stores, homes, the Selinsgrove Times printing office, and the Pine Street school. But over 150 years later, "beauty from ashes" defines this 21st-century community.
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Nineteenth-century businessman J. Warner Erwin traveled across Pennsylvania as a conveyancer, a term for a writer of deeds, leases, property transfers, and other legal matters. He kept a detailed diary of his travels, including a descriptive account of a November 1851 trip through several towns in the Susquehanna Valley.
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