Morgan and his corps were placed on the west side of the Schuylkill River, with instructions to intercept all supplies found going to the city and to keep a close eye on the movements of the enemy.

This could be accomplished without the tremendous expenditures necessitated by the Schuylkill Expressway and without destroying the natural beauty of the East River Drive.

After being located in downtown Philadelphia for more than a century, the campus was moved across the Schuylkill River to property purchased from the Blockley Almshouse in West Philadelphia in 1872, where it has since remained in an area now known as University City.

The Swedes claimed the section of land purchased included the land on the west side of the South River from just below the Schuylkill, in other words, today's Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, southeastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, and coastal Maryland.

* Fort Nya Korsholm ( 1647 )-located at the mouth of the Schuylkill River, probably on Province Island, near the western approach of the Penrose Avenue Bridge in Philadelphia.

* Provins, Druweeÿland, or Manaiping ( 1643 ; modern southwest Philadelphia, Penn., on Province Island on the Schuylkill River )

* Schuylkill River: " Schuyl Creek " ( Schuylen Kÿl )

* Colossus Bridge, a timber bridge over the Schuylkill River near Philadelphia

Europeans came to the Delaware Valley in the early 17th century, with the first settlements founded by the Dutch, who in 1623 built Fort Nassau on the Delaware River opposite the Schuylkill River in what is now Brooklawn, New Jersey.

The rapids on the Schuylkill River at East Falls disappeared after the completion of the Fairmount Dam.

The largest tract of Fairmount Park is on the west side of the city along the Schuylkill River and Wissahickon Creek and includes the Philadelphia Zoo.

Schuylkill County is a county located in the Commonwealth ( U. S. state ) of Pennsylvania where the Schuylkill River starts.

Schuylkill County was created on March 1, 1811, from parts of Berks and Northumberland Counties and named for the Schuylkill River.

The Schuylkill drains the majority of the county while some western and northern areas of the county are drained by the Susquehanna River.

Bodies of water include the Delaware River, Schuylkill River, Cobbs Creek, Wissahickon Creek, and Pennypack Creek.

While most of the county is drained by the Lehigh River and its tributaries, the Schuylkill River also drains regions in the south of the county via the Perkiomen Creek and the northwest via the Maiden Creek.

The first railroad ( which became the Pennsylvania Railroad ) followed much the same route, and the Reading Railroad progressed up the Schuylkill River to Reading.

Watersheds that service Chester County include the Octoraro Creek, the Brandywine Creek, the Chester Creek, and the Schuylkill River.

Numerous railroads were begun north of the headwaters of the Schuylkill Canal.

When the legislative Council, on 10 May 1729, enacted the law erecting Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, which included all the lands of the Province lying westward of a straight line drawn northeasterly from the headwaters of Octorara Creek ( near the southern borders ) marked with blazed trees, to the Schuylkill River, then this placed Pottsville in Lancaster County.

From the late 18th century to the mid 19th century, the creek was used as part of the route of the Union Canal, which connected the headwaters of the creek with Tulpehocken Creek, a tributary of the Schuylkill River.

It then crossed overland to Clarks Run at the headwaters of Tulpehocken Creek, following Tulpehocken Creek downstream to Reading on the Schuylkill River.

The headwaters of the Lehigh and Schuylkill Rivers both lie within the region.

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* 1877 – The Molly Maguires, ten Irish immigrants convicted of murder, are hanged at the Schuylkill County and Carbon County, Pennsylvania prisons.

The Swatara Creek, Wiconisco Creek, Mahantango Creek, Mahanoy Creek, and Catawissa Creek all start in Schuylkill County and are tributaries of the Susquehanna.

Also in Schuylkill County ( as well as its neighbor to the north, Luzerne County ) are Tyroleans, whose ancestors immigrated from the County of Tyrol.

The southern and western portions of Schuylkill County are predominantly Pennsylvania Dutch.

, there are 94, 110 registered voters in Schuylkill County.

The following cities, boroughs and townships are located in Schuylkill County:

By 1813 the area once comprising the sprawling county of Northumberland had been divided over time and allotted to other counties such that lands once occupied by Old Northumberland at its greatest extent are now found in Centre, Columbia, Luzerne, Lycoming, Mifflin, Union, Clearfield, Clinton, Montour, Bradford, Lackawanna, Susquehanna, Wyoming, Tioga, Potter, McKean, Warren, Venango, Snyder, and Schuylkill Counties and the current county is but a fraction of its former size.

Adjacent counties are Carbon County to the north ; Northampton County to the northeast and east ; Bucks County to the southeast ; Montgomery County to the south ; and Berks County and Schuylkill County to the west.

It is drained by the Lehigh River except for a small area in western Packer Township and the borough of Lansford that are drained by the Still Creek and Panther Creek, respectively, into the Little Schuylkill River and the Schuylkill River, and the Audenried area in the northwest corner that drains into the Susquehanna River via the Catawissa Creek.

Most of the county is drained by the Schuylkill River, but an area in the northeast is drained by the Lehigh River via the Little Lehigh Creek and areas are drained by the Susquehanna River via the Swatara Creek in the northwest and the Conestoga River ( which starts in Berks County between Morgantown and Elverson ) in the extreme south.

It is in the Schuylkill watershed and the northern and western portions are on Blue Mountain.

The census-designated place of Amity Gardens and the unincorporated community of Douglassville are both located in Amity Township, along the Schuylkill River.

Emergency services are provided by the Northern Berks Regional Police Department, Union Fire Company of Leesport, and Schuylkill Valley EMS all of which are dispatched by the Berks County Communications Center.

The boroughs of Hamburg and Port Clinton are both located across the Schuylkill River, while Port Clinton is in Schuylkill County.

There is an elementary school ( Schuylkill Elementary ) based in the township, but for secondary education, the students are transported to Phoenixville.

King of Prussia's boundaries, as defined by the Census Bureau, are the Schuylkill River to the north, U. S. Route 422 to the west, Bridgeport to the east, and I-76 to the south.

Schuylkill Regional Medical Center is a non-profit affiliation between two community hospitals formerly known as Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center and The Pottsville Hospital and Warne Clinic, both of which are located in Pottsville.

Schuylkill Haven High School athletic teams are known as the " Hurricanes.

The Schuylkill County Bridge No. 113 and Schuylkill County Bridge No. 114 are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.