The Murder of Jennie E. Barr – A Trial & An Acquittal
About four years after the murder of the Tremont widow Jeannie E. Barr, a young neighbor was arrested and charged with the crime. The prosecution claimed the accused made confessions […]
The Murder of Jennie E. Barr – An Unsolved Crime from 1977
In the late evening of 29 March 1977, the widow Jennie E. Barr was found dead in the first floor den of her home by a neighbor. She had been […]
Gratz Sisters of Lykens Visit Gratz, 1929
In November 1929, two Gratz sisters, Della Gratz (1875-1946) and Carrie Gratz (1872-1942), of Lykens, visited properties in Gratz that were associated with their great-grandfather, Simon Gratz. Simon Gratz is […]
Valley View Enterprises Re-Opens, 1967 (6)
The Valley Citizen (Valley View, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania), of 25 May 1967, printed five photographs of the re-opening of the Valley View Enterprises plant in that community, months after a […]
The Murder of Elsie Mae Schoffstall in Lykens – An Unsolved Crime from 1979
On the morning of 1 November 1979, Arthur Deiter, brother of widow Elsie Mae Schoffstall of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, found her badly beaten body on the living room floor […]
Valley View Enterprises Re-Opens, 1967 (5)
The Valley Citizen (Valley View, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania), of 25 May 1967, printed five photographs of the re-opening of the Valley View Enterprises plant in that community, months after a […]
The Murder of Mildred Wilson of Millersburg – An Unsolved Crime from 1978
On 20 January 1978, the body of the 80-year-old widow Mildred Wilson was discovered in her home by a neighbor. Police began immediately investigating the death as a possible homicide. […]
Millersburg High School – May Day, 1951
A 1951 photograph of the queen and her court from the May Day held at Milersburg High School, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Pictured (left to right) are: Janet Callender; Shirley […]