May 21, 2009
Shamokin, PA: A Good Place to Die
There must be some kind of way outta here…
Well, truth is, that’s what they all think. ‘least at first. Next thing you know 60 years go by and all you’ve got to your name is a bar stool bearing your ass groove.
Ahhh…good ol’ Shamokin, Pennsylvania. We did not build this city on rock and roll.
Ho-Butt!!
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Written by: William S.
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Tags: cemetery hill, coal region sites, dog walking, ho-butt, Shamokin cemeteries
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Gerald
June 2, 2009 at 10:23 pm
I can see my house from that there picture!
A.K.A.
June 12, 2009 at 1:08 am
Dear Gerald, thank you for your comment. We will try to continue to bring you up-to-the-minute, fascinating information about the Shamokin/Coal Township area. If you or anyone you know have any riveting legends or stories about our lovely town(s), please feel free to share them with us (but only if you agree that we do not have to pay you money for the rights to the information.)
Jenny from the block
June 12, 2009 at 2:16 pm
Looking at old pictures of Shamokin sure stirs some mournful memories of my childhood.
MR.INEEDA LUNGS
July 6, 2009 at 12:23 am
SHAMOKIN A GREAT PLACE TO DIE, THANKS TO THE DEPT OF ENVIROMENTAL PROTECTION AND RELAXED LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT STATEMENT IS QUITE TRUE TRUCKS HAULING TOXIC WASTE (FLYASH) ARE ALLOWED TO ABUSE OUR CITIZENS,IN TOWN WITH TORN AND UNOPERATABLE TARPS AND THE EARTH ITSELF IN THE SUBURBS DUMPING THERE WASTE IN EVERY CRACK AND CREVASE STUFFING BURNSIDE LIKE A THANKSGIVING DAY TURKEY
smalltown
July 16, 2009 at 3:08 pm
What a DUMP even the cemy looks like a dump.
William S.
August 1, 2009 at 4:13 am
On the plus side, the dirt path winding around this cemetery always reveals decent ground-finds–if you know what to look for!
JOHN WEIMER
November 27, 2009 at 6:24 pm
i THINK MY PEOPLE CAME FROM THERE !
aNYBODY KNOW THE wEIMERS ? cHARLIE, rAY ETC. ?
Ray, my dad marries Vicki Nawrocki from the family of miners such as Bob Nye who married Helen, the Dixie from King of Prussia/
Is ANYBODY still alive there in or around Shamokin ?
John Weimar
California
William S.
January 31, 2010 at 12:58 pm
Don’t know any Weimers, but Nawrocki is a familiar name as well as Nye. Know a Paul Nye and Bobby Nye. Wish I was in Cali right about now…but yes, folks are still living and breeding in Shamokin.
Charlie Chompkins
January 31, 2010 at 12:02 pm
That has got to be the most depressing shit I’ve seen in a while. Fuck this town….*shoots himself*
William S.
January 31, 2010 at 1:02 pm
I feel *exactly* the same way some days, but I’d sit inside a running, garaged car instead. Just saying.
Visitors pass
March 12, 2011 at 3:51 am
I love your site and really enjoy reading your posts. I married into Shamokin 4years ago and often find myself looking around wondering, “does anyone see what I’m seeing.”. I have lived all over and have never experienced life like this. Don’t misunderstand me, some of it is positive. For example, I love being able to walk into, and around, town when the weather is nice, but there is also the negative. Such as, walking down from ferndale is almost impossible because of “big dogs, little fences” problem. So much about this place completely frustrates me, but it does because the citizens don’t realize the notnormal nature of their actions or the actions of those around them. Mentally challenged people in a bar is sad, not entertaining. Having your Childs bus stop at your local bar and not your home, not normal! Picking up your children from the bus stop at 3pm in pajamas?? What is with the pajamas shamokin??? Thank you for being aware of the ironies and falasies that provide the back bone for this blackhole of a town. You have offered a flashlight in what I thought was an endless tunnel. Keep writing and I’ll keep reading from Shamokin; where I continue to where my visitors pass in an attempt to reassure myself that one day I will fight the damaging forces that hold all of us here and venture back out into reality.
k
March 31, 2011 at 5:35 am
come on.obviously you havent been anywhere else.I just moved up here from easton.city city city.and im sorry to tell you theres alot of united states people who were pjs anytime…I worked 3rd shift 11pm to 7am for the people who dont know.and slept 8am to 6p.damn right if i needed to go to the store i went in my pjs.when i was pregnent thats all i wore cause it was comfortable.you know i read about what you people say about this town and i laugh.because you know how many people are doing the same thing you people are….bohoo my town sucks wawawa.get over it.first of all everyone hates theyre town.so be an adult.be a parent and do your job…because heres my complant out of livn in jersey,cali,stroudsburg,easton,and here..I came here and seen so many kids having kids.now i know why because the parents are on the computer crying and complaining about stupid b.s while theyre kids are sneaking theyre signifacant other in screwn…then opps.and then what do you say…oh sorry instead of mommy/daddy being a parent im only worried about pjamas…well i feel sorry for your grandchild.cause feetse pjs are cute.but you people just worry about your pjs and cryin about your town….because im going to worry about my kid going on the bus…mabye ill wear pjamas.lol….grow up..