Photos of the Month

Columbia County Historical Society decorated for the "Holly Trail" tour, at the Orangeville location, December, 1986. #31-0011

Armistice Day, 11 November 1918. Main and Iron Streets in Bloomsburg, looking west on Main. L - R: 1. ? 2. William Barton Taylor (Mollie Haus Harter's Grandfather -1885-1956). 3. Standing, Bart Pursel. 4. ? 5. ? 6 . ? 7. ?

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"