Gratz Area Stone Bridge
A portion of an undated watercolor painting identified as “Stone Bridge Gratz Area.” The artist is identified as “Carolyn Haines, a Millersburg Artist.” Not much more is known about this […]
Crazed Halifax Area Man Kills Harrisburg Grocer, 1933
Mug-shot photos of William F. Stees, 26-year-old bricklayer of Reed Township, near Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, who admitted to the murder of a Harrisburg grocer. The grocer was killed on […]
John E. Faunce (1840-1917) – Pennsylvania House Speaker Was Native of Millersburg
An undated portrait of John Egner Faunce, born October 29, 1940, in Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Representing Philadelphia as a Democrat from 1875-1887, he served as Speaker of the Pennsylvania […]
Millersburg – Generic Post Card
An undated generic post card design for Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It features a speed boat on a river, presumably the Susquehanna River. “Greetings from Millersburg, Pennsylvania” The card was published […]
Driver Charged After Woman Leaps to her Death from Moving Car, 1925
A newspaper photograph of Anna Veronica McNellis, who died after leaping from a moving car driven by John Young from a carnival in Tower City in June 1925. Photo from […]
The Ghost of Broad Mountain, 1925
Strange, unexplained occurrences on Broad Mountain near Gordon, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, led to the belief that the place where a burned, unidentified body of a murdered woman was found in […]
Upper Paxton Township Bicentennial (1767-1967) – Souvenir Plate
A souvenir plate issued in 1967 for the Bicentennial of Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. In the center of the plate is the seal created for the bicentennial. Included […]
The Broad Mountain Murder Mystery, 1925
An unsolved crime! White slavery and houses of ill-repute (road houses) formed the background of the murder mystery on Broad Mountain. On April 5, 1925, the badly burned body of […]