Punxsutawney in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial
[Excerpted Notable Memorial Tiles]
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 11, 2025
1. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tiles
Antonio Fernichio
Born in Italy 1893, Passed 1976
Retired Fireman and Oiler
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Raphael Aiello, Age 33
Killed July 15, 1885
Walston Mine No. 1
Left Wife & Children in Italy
John Britt, DuBois, President
4th District Miners' and Laborers'
Amalgamated Association
1884-1888
Silas Walter Rimer
Spanish American War Veteran
Riker's Yard
B.,R.& P. and B.& O. Railroads
Norman Seger-Homer Baun-Miners
Clearfield Bituminous Coal Co.
Died 1918-WWI-U.S. Army
Seger-Baun Am. Legin 582, Rossiter
In Honor of Glenn E. Moore
Operator/Partner 1944-1986
Everett Moore Coal Company
In Memory of John Everett Moore
8-30-1920 to 7-16-2007
Managing Partner
Everett Moore Coal Company
In Memory of Max L. Moore
10-16-24 to 4-20-2011
Operator/Partner
Everett Moore Coal Company
In Loving Memory of Our Dear
John Havrilla, Sr. 1892-1980
Proudly Served 44 Years as
Miner*Foreman*Superintendent
at Adrian and Ernest Mines
for the R. & P. Coal Company
PEO Chapter W Recognizes the Contribution
of the Educators Who Taught School
in the Mining Communities
In Memory of
Roger Hampson 1851-1920
Miner, State Mine Inspector,
Owner of the Cortez Coal
Company Near Anita
In Memory of John Kowalczik
Killed at Shubeck Mine
Rock Fall - Aged 44 Years
Russell C. Doverspike
Operator of a Joy
Continuous Miner
Lee #6 Mine
Killed Sept. 9, 1950
Elisha T. Hutchins Age 61
Died in 1948 Rock Fall at
Country Bank Coal Mine
Near Frostburg
Riker Railyard Memorial
To Honor Those Who Served
During the Global War 1941-1945
William D. Maloney Jr. · Clarence C. Glenn Jr.
Robert E. Dawson · Robert S. Bellis
In Memory of
Donald Henry Croasmun
Worked at Old #5 & Valier Mines
Nathan Clark Croasmun
Valier Miner & WWI Veteran
William "Pete" McClure
Killed October 24, 1918
McClure-Tyson Mine,
this page online
1901 - 1918
Carlo Gippo
Crushed Under Trip of Coal Cars
Klondike Mine, Walston
May 11, 1899
Peter Yeder, First Casualty
Hungarian Railroad Worker
Shot and Killed August 22, 1883
Left Wife & Children in Hungary
In Memory of
Charles F. Mayes
Valley Smokeless Coal Company
Killed-May 24, 1915
John G. Morgan
Clayville
Died October 31, 1889
Miner's Asthma
William Rudrick & James Potts
Killed at Eleanora Mines
Collision Between Mine Cars
September 21, 1900
Joseph Macine
Eleanora Mines
Killed by Fall of Slate
February 28, 1899
Elisha Thomas Hutchins
Died in Frostburg Mine - 1948
[Photo of] No. 6 Tipple
No. 6 Mine Frostburg, PA
In Honor of Robert Lott
Greenwich Longwall 1976-1986
World Record Production 10-21-77
In Honor of the Blacksmiths
who Served the Many Mines
in the Frostburg Area
John F. Himes 1910-1975
Miner 1926-1966
Operated Two Self Owned Mines
Oliver Township
His Son Floyd L. "Buzz" Himes is
in the Coal Car About 1950. [photo]
Antony & Enoch Kratovich
Brothers Killed in the
B.R.&P. Shaft at Sykesville, PA
March 17, 1905
In Honor of the Medical Professionals
Who Cared for the
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2. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tile
Thomas Madden
B. England 1875 - D. Rossiter 1930
Highly Skilled Miner
Gave His Life to Save Others
In Memory of
Walter C. Lettie
Vega Coal Mine-Fordam, PA
Killed-November 15, 1920
In Memory of
Peter Krawzyk
Miner Adrian Mines
Died 1938 - Black Lung
H. Clyde Gould, Blacksmith
Shops at Frostburg & Ringgold
Served Mines in Oliver, Perry,
McCalmont and Ringgold Twps
In Loving Memory of
Mike Sheofsky, 60124
Austria
June 14, 1860-May 6, 1926
Killed in Horatio Mines
In Memory of
Miners Killed - Gas Explosion
Cascade Mine, Sykesville
July 15, 1911
In Memory of
the Greenwich Collieries
Mine Explosion
February 16, 1984
In Memory of
Francis Earl Huff
B. 7-24-1900, Killed 11-23-1934
@Ebensburg Coal Mine in Colver
Evan Morgan, Age 14 - Killed
Run Over by Coal Car
Walston Mines October 1, 1885
In Memory of
Donato Pietro Recchia
Wishaw and Cascade Mines
1866-1953
In Memory of
Michael Erdesky
Coal Miner
Born 1873
Died of Black Lung 1938
In Memory of the
Greenwich Collieries Mine Explosion
Walter Depto · Garry Miller · Steve Parzatka
Remembered by Bob Lott Who Worked That
Night
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3. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tiles
In Loving Memory of
Eli "Pap" English 1880-1960
1937 Explosion Rossiter #1
Coal in Face-Hearing Loss
Black Lung-Balance of Life
In Memory of
Lawson Kunselman
Kyser Mine Coolspring
Killed July 29, 1920
Magregor "Mack" Busch
1890-1924
Electrocuting While Operating
a Cutting Machine in Hollow Mine
Summit Coal Company, Dayton, PA
Big 6 & Tri-County Trolley Leagues
Adrian Anita Big Run DuBois
Eleanora Eriton Helvetia
Punxsy Railroad YMCA Ramsaytown
Reynoldsville Rossiter Sykesville
[Baseball Field engraving]
Peter Yeder
Railroader - Killed in
First Punxsutawney Riot
August 24, 1843
Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Disasters • Industry & Commerce • Patriots & Patriotism • Railroads & Streetcars.
Location. 40° 56.574′ N, 78° 58.572′ W. Marker is in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, in Jefferson County. It is on Mahoning Street (Colonel Drake Hwy) (Pennsylvania Route 38) west of Morrison Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Marker is at the future site of the Punxsutawney Area
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4. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tile
Regionally, this marker and memorial is in the Pennsylvania Wilds. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: First Walston Miners (here, next to this marker); Dorothy Kovalchick (here, next to this marker); The Mine Mule's Job (here, next to this marker); Railroad Y.M.C.A. (here, next to this marker); By Log Raft and Coal Car - Traversing the Pennsylvania Wilds (here, next to this marker); Discover the Lumber Heritage Region (here, next to this marker); Birth of a Coal Mining Empire (here, next to this marker); Christian Miller House (about 600 feet away, measured
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5. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tile
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6. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tile
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7. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tile
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8. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tile
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9. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tile
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10. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tiles
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11. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tile
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12. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tile
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13. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tile
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14. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tiles
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15. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tile
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16. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tile
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17. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tiles
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18. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tile
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19. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tile
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20. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tile
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21. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tile
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22. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tiles
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23. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tile
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24. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tile
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25. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tile
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26. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tile
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27. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tile
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28. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tile
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29. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tile
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30. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tile
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31. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tile
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32. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tile
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33. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tile
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34. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tile
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35. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tile
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36. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Tile Panel
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37. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Kiosks
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38. Punxsutawney Area Coal Miner & Railroader Memorial Coal Car
Credits. This page was last revised on August 17, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 17, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 285 times since then and 125 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38. submitted on August 17, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
