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Tuscarora

243 – Molly Maguires

October 19, 2022October 12, 2022Mark Jarvis1 Comment

The mine workers lived under the complete control of the coal companies. It was a relationship much like the oppression from English landlords they had suffered in Ireland.

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Gallagher, Large, TeplyCoal, Eckley, Gallagher, Irish, Large, Luzerne County, Molly Maguires, Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County, Tamaqua, Tuscarora

241 – A New Mine at Eckley

October 5, 2022September 21, 2022Mark Jarvis1 Comment

The demand for anthracite coal kept growing through the 1840s and 1850s. Coal operators looked for new lands for mines.

Gentlemen engaged in geological pursuits, 1836
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Gallagher, Large, TeplyCoal, Eckley, Gallagher, Large, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County, Tamaqua, Tuscarora

240 – Patrick and Ellen

September 28, 2022September 21, 2022Mark Jarvis1 Comment

Bridget Large and her family were living in Tuscarora. Her sons worked as miners and laborers in a mine. By 1850, Tuscarora had several mining operations, and had grown to a population of 400.

Patrick Gallagher was also in Tuscarora.

Tuscarora – c 1900
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Gallagher, Large, TeplyCoal, Gallagher, Large, Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County, Tamaqua, Tuscarora

239 – Tuscarora 1850

September 21, 2022September 24, 2022Mark Jarvis2 Comments

Bridget Large and her seven children arrived in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania in 1844. They settled in the town of Tuscarora.

Tuscarora – c 1900
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Gallagher, Large, TeplyCoal, Gallagher, Large, Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County, Tamaqua, Tuscarora

238 – Pennsylvania Anthracite

September 14, 2022July 18, 2022Mark Jarvis1 Comment

Bridget Large and her seven children arrived in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania in 1844.

  • Question: Why Pennsylvania? Why Schuylkill County?
  • Answer: Anthracite coal and coal mining jobs
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Gallagher, Large, TeplyCoal, Gallagher, Irish, Large, Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County, Tamaqua, Tuscarora

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