It was clear in the early 1800s that Schuylkill County’s coal deposits were going to become big business. Investors like Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia banker and one of the richest men in the world, ...

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Indeed, the Girard Estate still has an office in Girardville — named for Stephen Girard. The problem was how to get the black diamonds to market in Philadelphia, and other metropolitan areas on ...