Leslie K. Smith (1966-2023) – Millersburg History Museum Director
LESLIE K. SMITH MILLERSBURG – Leslie Kay Smith, age 56, of Riverview Drive, peacefully passed on June 8, 2023 surrounded by her family, at the UPMC West Shore. She was […]
Gene E. Bendigo (1952-2022) – Aviation Expert
GENE E. BENDIGO JR. Gene E. Bendigo, Jr., 70, of Tower City, passed away suddenly Sunday, September 4, 2022 at his home. Born in Ashland, February 19, 1952, a son […]
Coal Castles – Greenwood Colliery
An undated photograph of the “Black Diamond,” the inspection engine of the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company. From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville Republican and […]
Marie [Umholtz] Stine – Memories of the Great Gratz Fire of 1924
Many descriptions of the Great Gratz Fire of November 4, 1924, have been published – including the accounts of newspapers of the local area and region and summaries of the fire written […]
Helen M. [Romberger] Koppenhaver (1922-2022) – Almost a Centenarian
HELEN KOPPENHAVER Helen Koppenhaver, everyone’s Oma, passed away peacefully of natural causes on March 15, 2022, surrounded by loved ones. Almost a centurion, Helen was born on June 10, 1922 […]
Curtin C. McLaughlin (1884-1938) – Businessman & Auto Dealer
The death of Curtin Cleveland McLaughlin on February 10, 1938, brought to an end a garage and auto dealership (McLaughlin Motor Company) located on Market Square, Millersburg, in the brick […]
Robert Woodside (1865-1932) & Ella [Neitz] Woodside (1867-1952)
Pennsylvania Superior Court Judge Robert E. Woodside, in his biography, My Life and Town, self-published in 1979, devoted several pages to his parents, Robert Woodside (1865-1932) and Ella [Neitz] Woodside […]
Elizabethville – Martha Roshon Photography
Above, a cabinet card photograph of Marjorie Magdalene “Maggie [Shadle] Romberger (1900-1976) and her younger sister Hannah Ellen [Shadle] Messner (1902-1997). The photograph was taken around 1905 at Roshon‘s Studio, […]