Fierce Engagement on Pumpkin Hill Area East of Muir 1898

[jeff of pa]

West Schuylkill Herald​

Tower City
Thu, May 05, 1898 ·Page 3

Sham Battle ? or reporters lie ?

doesn't make sense This could have Happened here without it being in the history books.

Most Likely Hotel Mentioned Williams Valley Hotel in the Y

REINER CITY in 1875 aka MUIR today

Small Red Circle W.V. Hotel in the 1800's, Large Orange Circle Pumpkin Hill

 

[Crow]

If think your correct a nonsensical story perhaps created by lazy reporting. there was hysteria whipped up by Hearst newspapers about the sinking of the Maine an American warship at Havana. that brought the USA to go to war with Spain.

Crow