Draft Horses for Sale near Mahanoy City, PA

About Mahanoy City, PA

Mahanoy City, originally a part of Mahanoy township, was settled in 1859 and incorporated as a borough by decree of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Schuylkill County on December 16, 1863. [ citation needed ] It was served by branches of the Lehigh Valley and the Philadelphia & Reading railways. [ citation needed ] Mahanoy City lies in a valley in the Pennsylvania Coal Region and was a major center of anthracite production; the area was embroiled in the Molly Maguires incidents. In 2010, the borough erected the Molly Maguire Historic Park, which features a Zenos Frudakis statue of a hooded miner on a gallows, about to be hanged. Sean Connery, the star of the 1970 historical drama film The Molly Maguires , served as chairman of the advisory board for the park project.