The Mighty Atom and Slim the Hammer Man
Larry “Slim” Farman grew up in Norristown and later moved to the Pottstown area. He hardened his muscles as a stone cutter at Gil Quarries, East Norriton.
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The Early Jewish Community of Pottstown
The community consisted of at least 100 families, not the handful McBride used in his book. To serve the significantly larger community, a new synagogue was built at High and Warren Streets and consecrated in 1926.
Heaven and Earth in Pottstown
McBride’s book an excellent, well-crafted, compelling read. Remember: While McBride utilizes Pottstown — and particularly the neighborhood known in the past as Chicken Hill — for the book’s back drop, his work is 100% fiction.
The Intrepid Cyclist
Pottstownians were becoming very interested in this new sporting adventure, bicycling. In 1884 a local wheelmen group was formed.
The Jim Crow North
As practiced throughout the North — including Pottstown — widespread, but unwritten, discriminatory Jim Crow practices existed in housing, employment, educational opportunities, social and civic organizations, bowling leagues, and even access to graveyard space.
Fifty years later, the Firebirds still have a hold on Pottstown
A native Pottstownian, Larry Cohen has published a family history and portrait of Pottstown history, entitled Chicken Hill Chronicle. He is a member of the Pottstown Historical Society. Near the top of the list of unique aspects of Pottstown’s past are the three seasons from 1968-1970 when the Pottstown Firebirds ruled small town professional football.
