Pottsville Fishing Party China
Posted by PA Heritage Staff on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Pottsville Fishing Party China Instituted on August 21, 1853, the Pottsville Fishing Party held only one meeting each year-during the last week of August. Ironically, members of the Schuylkill County organization did not fish. According to the memoirs of member Richard Henry Koch, published in 1938, “we ate, drank fish-house punch, old rye and champagne, told stories, made speeches, played cards, chatted, and sang from...read more