Photos of the Month

The first school in Roaring Creek Township was built in 1830. It was later destroyed and Kulp Grammar and High School was built on the same site in 1904. In 1942 the high school closed, and pupils were transported to Locust Township for their high school education. The building continued to be used as a grammar school until 1953. The building was sold to Karl and Evelyn Miller in October, 1961. The background structure was a general store. Submitted and researched by Thelma Helwig.

Reading Railroad F-7 Locomotive #273 hauling coal cars, passing the Catawissa train station heading east. #41-0096

August 1910 typhoid epidemic, showing the inside of a temporary hospital at Lime Ridge. #26-0050.

July 4th parade at Jamison City, circa 1904. (15-0019)

Are these people your relatives? This photo was in our Unidentified File. If you know who they are, please contact The Society.

03-0169. Photo of the fire at the Wise Potato Chip plant, May 19, 1944.

March 10, 1904. Picture showing the flooding on 9th Street in Bloomsburg. The flood was caused by an ice jam on the Susquehanna River. The ice jam was broken up by using dynamite to blow up the ice. 16-0038.

Here is a listing of the Civil War Veterans shown in last month's Photo of the Month.
1. Thomas Ferguson, 2. Albert Hervine, 3. U. H. Ent, 4. William Kern, Co. "A", 5. M. V. B. Kostenbauder, Co. "A", 6. O. F. Benson, Co. "F", 7. W. W. Johnson, 8. O. D. Lyon, 9. Unknown, 10. William Kellow "C", 11. G. A. Buckingham, 12. G. M. Blaker, 13. J. B. Robison, 14. Wm E. Coffman "A", 15. B. F. Sharpless "A", 16. A. B. Jamison "A", 17. W. H. H. Gore, 18. C. S. Fornwald "A", 19. James Bowman "B", 20. Thomas McKane "C", 21. Milton McFarland, 22. Halsey Lathrop "C", 23. C. B. Brockway "A", 24. Daniel Ely "I", 25. John K. Beltz "A", 26. John Horn "E", 27. H. J. Conner "A", 28. Charles F. Wood Sutter, 29. Thomas Griffith "A", 30. Samuel Knorr "A", 31. Henry Kern "A", 32. Randolph Hayman "A", 33. George Watters "A", 34. William Hollingshead "A", 35. Daniel Bradbury "F", 36. Flemons Jacoby "A", 37. H. C. Bowman "A", 38. H. B. McKean, 39. I. H. Seesholtz "A", 40. George W. Mears "A", 41. C. S. Furman "A", 42. Sylvester Hower "A", 43. Alonzo Jacoby "A", 44. George Whitesides "A", 45. Hiram Lewis "A"

This photo is from approximately 1865. The Columbia County Historical and Genealogical Society has the names of the men, pictured, at the Society.

The first Post Office in Slabtown consisted of a box with a sliding lid on a post. John Yeager was Post Master. The box and post was removed in 1847. In 1855 the Roaring Creek Post Office was established, and operated in conjunction with a general store. The Post Office burned down January 22, 1954. Submitted by John Burba. Researched by Bob Visnosky.