How an Indian Appreciated Shelter on a Rainy Night – A John Harris Legend
A story of how Indians attempted to burn John Harris and how he was saved. The following column is from the Harrisburg Telegraph, 20 September 1895: REWARD OF A KIND […]
Hannah L. Riegle as Babysitter in Robesonia
A photograph taken around 1920 in Robesonia, Berks County, Pennsylvania, of the three children of Norman L. Riegle (1886-1942) and Lydia [Helt] Riegle (1883-1942) and their babysitter, Hannah L. Riegle […]
Tri-Valley High School – Arrival of School Bus, 1958
A 1958 photograph of the arrival of the school bus at the Tri-Valley High School, Hegins, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The six girls in the photo are not identified. _______________________________ From […]
Massacre of the Connestoga Indians, 1763 (3)
The Conestoga Indians were also known as the Susquehannock Indians. The Paxton Boys were a group of frontier ruffians of Scotch-Irish descent who lived in the Central Susquehanna Valley […]
Racist Views of Lykens Valley Indians, 1922
In 1922, a book entitled Lykens-Williams Valley History – Directory and Pictorial Review: Embracing the Entire Lykens and Williams Valley, in An Effort to Preserve the Past and Perpetuate the […]
Massacre of the Connestoga Indians, 1763 (2)
The Conestoga Indians were also known as the Susquehannock Indians. The Paxton Boys were a group of frontier ruffians of Scotch-Irish descent who lived in the Central Susquehanna Valley in […]
Massacre of the Connestoga Indians, 1763 (1)
The Conestoga Indians were also known as the Susquehannock Indians. The Paxton Boys were a group of frontier ruffians of Scotch-Irish descent who lived in the Central Susquehanna Valley in […]
History of the Girtys – Simon Girty Sr.
The story of Simon Girty Sr. is told here from History of the Girtys: Being a Concise Account of the Girty Brothers – Thomas, Simon, James, and George, and of […]