In June 1872, a man representing himself as the agent for a traveling circus, ordered 25 prepared dinners from the Freeland House, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Based on the promise […]
From the Lykens Standard of February 29, 1924, we learn the following about Elizabethville resident David P. Baker: COURT INTERPRETER A CITIZEN OF ELIZABETHVILLE Mr. David P. Baker, proprietor of […]
A real photo post card view (recently colorized) of the first train arriving at the new Millersburg Passenger Railroad Station, April 28, 1898, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. _____________________________________________ Corrections and […]
An undated photo post card view of a man at an unidentified creek in or around Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The two creeks that go through Lykens are the Wiconisco […]
An old photo, recently colorized of the square in Millersburg, showing the Freeland House (at left), near the end of the 19th Century, nearly 20 years after a fraud occurred […]
A brief article in the Lykens Standard, February 8, 1924, told of a Canadian who tried to move his family into the United States without having a passport. He was […]
The dangers of walking along a highway, even within a small town, were brought home with this unfortunate accident. The car wasn’t speeding, and the driver claimed he was blinded […]
UHLER DRUG STORE FIRE ESTIMATED $2,000 The fire which occurred at the Uhler Drug Store, Main and Market Streets, Saturday morning, October 25 [1924], caused a loss estimated at about […]