Mackeysburg Schuylkill County, Cass Twp.

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Mackeysburg : Schuylkill County, Cass Twp.

Miner's Hamlet at Mackeysburg | 1860s
the forgotten Schuylkill County patch town of Mackeysburg or Meckeysburg.
The village once stood west of Heckscherville in Cass Township.
This was the heart of anti-war resistance and labor action among Irish mineworkers during the Civil War era.

 

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The Trees Don't look like Pines In the Former Picnic Grove at Mackeysburg, However the Location is Directly Between