Monday, March 25, 2013

Thanking our Volunteers

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Did you know that the Schuylkill River Heritage Area operates and maintains 28 miles of the Schuylkill River Trail in Berks and Schuylkill C...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Lecture offers Insights into African Americans at Hopewell Furnace

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There was a time when Hopewell Furnace in Elverson, PA employed large numbers of workers to chop wood, make charcoal, operate the furna...
Friday, January 25, 2013

African Americans at Hopewell Furnace

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For more than a century, African Americans lived and worked at Hopewell Furnace. Maybe that's not surprising. But what is remarka...
Friday, January 4, 2013

A Look Back on our 2012 Achievements

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At the Schuylkill River Heritage Area, we are always working to fulfill our goals of using conservation, education, recreation, cultural and...
Friday, December 21, 2012

Lecture Uncovers the Schuylkill's Dirty Secrets

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Author Chari Towne There was a time when coal silt from mining operations flowed freely into the Schuylkill River. By the 1940s, coal wa...
Thursday, December 6, 2012

New Book Sheds Light On the Schuylkill River Cleanup of the Mid-20th Century

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Author will speak at a book signing on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 6:30- 8:30 p.m. at the Schuylkill River Heritage Area offices, located at 1...
Monday, November 19, 2012

Short-Form Documentary About Schuylkill River Heritage Area to Air on National TV

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Last June, a film crew arrived at the Schuylkill River Heritage Area headquarters in Pottstown and got their cameras rolling. They spent o...