Dale Freudenberger poked around the Tamaqua Historical Society Museum, hoping to find the most perfect chunk of anthracite coal.
He wanted it to be shiny and lustrous - after all, this coal was going .
Mature Bradford pear trees in full bloom border the 1829 Little Schuylkill Railroad line for a distance of one-half mile at Railroad Street in Tamaqua, seen Friday morning. The trees were planted 30 y.