The Former Edward Dietrich Farm, Specktown, 2003
A 2003 view of what was once the farm of Edward Dietrich (1874-1948) and Jennie [Keiper] Dietrich (1876-1967) in Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. In 2003, on her last […]
How Did Harold W. Dietrich Win This Car?
An undated snapshop identified as “the car Harold Dietrich won in a drawing.” The photograph was taken at the Riegle-Dietrich homestead in Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Harold W. […]
Naomi [Byerly] Latsha – Loses Legs in Accident, 1925
On 8 July 1925, the Harrisburg Telegraph reported on an unusual and very serious event that occurred in Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania: WIFE LOSES LEGS WHEN TANGLED IN […]
Lykens High School Class Trip to Washington, D.C., 1932
The 1932 Lykens High School, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, class trip was to Washington, D.C., and one of the seniors, Kathryn E. Dietrich, took the opportunity to send a picture […]
Klinger House in Klingerstown
Klinger Family Homestead. Half of an undated stereoscopic view card found on page 3 of a Klinger family album and identified as the home in Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, that […]
Elizabethville – Harvey M. Miller Birthplace, 1951
A 1951 photograph of the birthplace of Harvey Monroe Miller (1871-1939), West Main Street, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Miller was a noted author, poet and folklorist of the Pennsylvania German […]
The Story of Mike Romiski – Killed at East Brookside Colliery, 1927
Michael Romiski, also known as Mikolaj Romanshyn and Mykola Romaniszyn, was born in Galacia, Austrian Empire, on 9 December 1893. He emigrated to the United States in 1912, and shortly […]
Blood Tests & Assault Charges in Wiconisco Paternity Case, 1926
Articles in the Harrisburg newspapers in August 1926 chronicled the results of the trial of George Dieter, of Wiconisco, who was accused of assaulting his step-daughter and with being the […]