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Painting of Jacob Ramberger Farm

Jacob and Clara Ramberger Farm Scene Painted by Leroy Drumheller By Steve E. Troutman Leroy N. Drumheller (1931-2010) lived with his grandmother, Clara [Williams] Ramberger (1874-1953) from the age of […]

January 19, 2024
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Young Man Dies in Hut Fire Near Woodside, 1928

In the early morning hours of Easter Sunday, 1928, near Woodside Station on the Lykens Valley Railroad, a young man died in a tree hut that he had constructed and […]

January 15, 2024
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Spring Glen – 5-Year-Old Boy Kills 3-Year-Old Sister, 1906

A five-year-old boy picked up a loaded gun and somehow was able to discharge it.  In doing so, he killed his three-year-old sister.  The father, Jacob Shade had left the […]

January 14, 2024
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Elizabeth [Bowman] Lyter (1814-1906) – First Woman of Enders

MRS. JOSEPH P. LYTER – FIRST WOMAN RESIDENT OF ENDERS, PASSES AWAY Mrs. Elizabeth Lyter, of whose illness mention was made by our Enders correspondent last week, has since passed […]

January 13, 2024
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Williamstown Caretaker & Janitor -Albert Karpatis

An undated snapshot photograph (colorized) of William Karpatis of Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Karpatis was said to be the janitor of the Catholic School and the caretaker of the Catholic […]

January 7, 2024
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Mahantongo Valley

Nestled in the pocket of the Blue Mountains of the Appalachians, the Mahantongo Valley extends east from the Susquehana River for seventeen miles. Bordered to the north by Line Mountain, it extends […]

January 7, 2024
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Wiconisco High School Graduates, 1919-1925

Above, a colorized newspaper photograph of the Wiconisco High School with notable adults standing in front, as published in the Lykens Register, May 31, 1901. Previously published here December 4, 2021. On May 16, […]

January 7, 2024
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Wiconisco High School Graduates, 1909-1918

Above, a colorized newspaper photograph of the Wiconisco High School with notable adults standing in front, as published in the Lykens Register, May 31, 1901. Previously published here December 4, 2021. On May 16, […]

January 5, 2024

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