The Route of the McKinley Funeral Train, 1901
A photograph taken when the McKinley Funeral Train was entering Harrisburg, September 16, 1901. The train had begun its journey earlier in the morning at Buffalo, New York, and was […]
Tower City – Girl Dies “In Confinement,” 1906
On April 6, 1906, the Lykens Standard took the opportunity to criticize the parents of a young girl who had died giving birth to a baby that had been conceived […]
Halifax – The Tragic Death of Frank Lyter, 1899
Frank Lyter, the son of Civil War veteran Isaac Lyter, met a tragic death at Halifax in July 1899, as reported in the Elizabethville Echo of July 20, 1899: Accident at Halifax Frank Lyter, son […]
The McKinley Funeral Train at Harrisburg, 1901
A photograph taken on September 16, 1901, of the Funeral Train of President William McKinley as it slowly passed North Street, Harrisburg, on its way to the depot. Elaborate preparations […]
“It would have been better if Mr. Ryan had not seized the pistol….”
On 14 March 1901, a Civil War veteran, Charles W. Ryan was shot and killed during a robbery at the Halifax National Bank in Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, by one of the two men committing […]
Man Gets 2 Years for 1905 Attempted Train Wreck
“William Lenhart, of Dauphin, was on Tuesday sentenced by Judge Kunkel to two years’ solitary confinement at hard labor in the Eastern Penitentiary, at Philadelphia, and to pay costs and […]
Man Killed on Williams Valley Railroad, 1906
“Hop” Evans, was run down and killed on the Williams Valley Railroad Friday evening by the train reaching there at 7:42 o’clock.… the man’s body was frightfully mangled. His legs […]
Navy Dirigible Flies Near Lykens Valley, 1928
September 1, 1928 – On a trip to Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, to participate in the dedication of the new airport at that place, the largest airship/dirigible in the Navy, […]