Berrysburg – Fire Threatens Foster Store, 1941
FIRE THREATENS BERRYSBURG STORE Fire of undetermined origin completely destroyed a small building, used as a wash house, and for a time threatened the store building of Mrs. Mary E. […]
Teedyuscung (1700-1763) – Lenape Chief
From Teedyuscung‘s Findagrave Memorial: Teedyuscung was known by the whites as the King of the Delawares because of his unusual abilities and influence among the Indians in the Lehigh, Susquehanna […]
Lykens Township Tax Collector Injured by Falling Tree, 1936
FARMER SERIOUSLY INJURED BY FALLING TREE Seriously injured when struck by a falling tree, Charles E. Henninger, 47, Tax Collector of Lykens Township, is a patient in the Harrisburg Hospital. […]
Tri-Valley High School Students Celebrate Bicentennial, 1976
A 1976 color photograph of a group of students from the Class of 1976, Tri-Valley High School, Hegins Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, releasing red, white, and blue balloons in celebration […]
Hegins Township – School Bus on a Country Road, 1976
A 1976 color photograph of a school bus from Tri-Valley High School on a country road in Hegins Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The exact location where the photo was taken […]
A. J. Lyter Killed at Capitol Building, Harrisburg, 1904
A. J. Lyter of Halifax Killed at the New State Capitol Building A. J. Lyter of Halifax, employed at the new State Capitol building in Harrisburg, fell fully four stories […]
Gratz News – May 13, 1936
The following news briefs were published in the “Gratz News” section of a local newspaper, 13 May 1936: Rev. Ralph Todd, of Pine Swamp, was entertained over the week end […]
Holdup & Attempted Murder of Norman L. Riegle – An Unsolved Crime from 1922
Norman L. Riegle (1886-1942) was born in Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the youngest child of Harrison Riegle (1840-1899) and Hannah [Rickert] Riegle (1847-1919). He married Lydia Helt (1883-1942) […]