Albert R. Spotts (1908-1949) – World War II Veteran
ALBERT R. SPOTTS Albert R. Spotts, age 40 years, of Lenkerville, died in a Harrisburg hospital, Saturday morning. Mr. Spotts served in the Asiatic-Pacific theater during World War II and […]
David Belles Pear Orchard – Model Farm
A 1911 photograph of the David Belles’ pear trees on what was described as a model Lykens Valley farm in a article that appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph, 16 March […]
Map of Berrysburg, 1875
An 1875 map of Berrysburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. For a fully enlargeable map, see: Atlas of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 1875, Compiled, Drawn and Published from Personal Examinations and Surveys, by […]
Lykens Township – Geise School, 1909
This photograph was taken about 1909 of the students and teacher at the Geise School, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The date is approximate and based on the age of […]
Harry E. Umholtz (1875-1948) – Killed By Auto in Gratz
GRATZ MAN, 74, KILLED BY AUTO Harry E. Umholtz, 74, was instantly killed when struck by an automobile on the highway near his home in Gratz Friday evening. He sustained […]
Down on the Farm with William E. Dietrich
William E. Dietrich (1896-1977) was my grandfather. He was born in Lykens, but he spent his youth on the family farm in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, after his parents […]
In Support of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad – Editorial, 1910
On the occasion of the coming of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, the Harrisburg Telegraph gave the following editorial comment in its 1 August 1910 edition: LYKENS VALLEY OPPORTUNITY The proposed […]
Catharine R. [Henninger] Hartman (1863-1948)
MRS. CATHARINE HARTMAN Mrs. Catharine Rebecca Hartman, age 84 years, wife of Daniel Hartman, died at her home in Gratz Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Hartman was a daughter of the late […]