Part I.

THE EARLY SETTLERS--The Pennsylvania Germans--Where
They Originated--Early history of Schuylkill County-
   Defense Against the Indians--Will Mark Historic Spots
    Early Reminiscences--How "Old Dress" Scared the In-
    dians--Elizabeth's Mad Ride................pages 15-48
Transcriber: Colleen O'Byrne


Part II.

      OLDEST TOWNS OF SCHUYLKILL COUNTY--Old Underground
           Passage--Orwigsburg, Second Town in the County-Schuyl-
        kill County Folk-Lore--Prologue, Sixth and Seventh Books
       of Moses--The Hunsickers--Unwritten History of Orwigs-
burg--Notable Citizens--The Local Military--Battalion
        Day at Orwigsburg--Reminiscence--The Somnambulists--
        Court House Removed--A Ghost Story--Dirt of Sourcourt
--The Black Mooley Cow--"Wasser", The Farm Dog--
The Long Swampers--The 'Squire and Katrina--Laid
       the Ghost--Death of German Peddler Avenged--Diedrich
Knickerbocker Outdone................pages 49-106
Transcriber: Jane Bensinger


Part III.

            HISTORY OF COAL AND CANAL--History of Canal--The Formation
          of Coal--Points on Coal--Michael F. maize--Queer Freak of
  Child--Wm H. Lewis--Minersville as it Was--Minersville
      Stories-,Some Folks Will Never Die--The Jolly Four--Not
           to Be Outdone--The Schuylkill Canal--The First Boat-Build-
    ers-Schuylkill Haven--Played Better Than Ole Bull--In-
       dian Stories--Early History of Pinegrove--A Pastor's Ad-
     vice--Early Educational Facilities--The Early Teachers--
           Peter F. Mudey--Quaker Meeting House--Henry C. Russel
--Letter From Miss Allen................pages 107-162
Transcriber: Kathy Duncan-Eagan


Part IV.

           HISTORY OF POTTSVILLE-Pottsville as it Was--Site of Centre
           Street Twenty-five Dollars--Bear Story--On the Road to
           Heaven--A Negro Grafter--Had a Gift of Repartee--An-
                   other Claim for the Name, the Same, Yet Different--The First
           Railways--Story of Centre Street Fire--Old Hand Engine
       --Destructive Floods--Tumbling Run Dam Breaks--Mili-
  tary History--First Military Companies--Judge D.C
             Henning--Reminiscent of the Women of Pottsville--When
               the Troops Returned--Sanitary and Christian Commissions
        --Not a Foot Washer--Colored Woman Buried in Baber
      Cemetery--The Presbyterian Chill--Before the War--
      Stickety Jimmy and Ellen................pages 163-204
Transcriber:Jim Jones


Part V.

           EARLY CHURCHES--History of Early Churches, Their Origin
                and whereabouts--The Log School House--First Religious
               Service--Hymn Books in Clothes Basket--A Wild Turkey--
                 Story--St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church--Roman Cath-
                olic Clergyman a Good Financier--Other Early Churches--
                    St. John the Baptist Church--Old Records Difficult to Trans-
               late--Preached Against Vanities of Dress--The Old Town
           Hall--Charlemagne Tower--Social and Literary Advan-
               tages--Fortissimo vs Pianissimo--Superstitions of Schuyl-
                                   kill County--Pow-ow-ing--L.C. Thompson................pages 205-246
Transcriber: Barbara Welch


Part VI.

                      INTERESTING LOCAL STORIES--The Underground Railway Station
           in Pottsville--The Underground Railway--Friend Gilling-
               ham of Pottsville--Aged Resident Preserves Secret--The
                 Early Stage Coaches--Reminiscenses of Old Settlers--The
                  Norweigan Creek--Fought Reading Company--Stage Coah
    Days--The Mortimers Among Earlest Settlers--Old
             Time Scrappers--Thirty Thousand Cooper Pennies--Cur
               few Shall Not Ring To-night--Orgin of Ghost Stories--In-
              dian Stories--The First Physicians--Old Historic Mansion
                --An Early Romance--Dinah and Vilkins--Record of Potts-
         ville Postmasters--Early Iron Works, Their Establish-
                                     ment--Reculpitulatory abd Retrospective................pages 247-298
Transcriber: Colleen O'Byrne


Part VII.

                      OTHER TALES--Hilda, A Mormon Bride and Maother (Chapters
                 I,II,II,IV)--The History of a Newspaper Office Cat--
               Tiny Tim and Polly--The Dead Man's Foot (Chapters
I,II,III)......................pages 299-344
Transcriber: Colleen O'Byrne