A 1950 photograph (colorized) of Sweigard’s General Store, Matamoras, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Christmas decorations are displayed on the porch roof (Santa and reindeer). Note the advertising signs for Gulf, Coca […]
A early morning fire on February 24, 1990, in Loyalton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, completely destroyed the Indian Head Inn, a landmark old hotel and restaurant on the northeast corner of […]
Pennsylvania Superior Court Judge Robert E. Woodside, in his biography, My Life and Town, self-published in 1979, devoted several pages to his parents, Robert Woodside (1865-1932) and Ella [Neitz] Woodside […]
The famous roller coaster or scenic railway at Edgewood Park, Shamokin, Northumberland County, was destroyed by high winds at the end of March 1923. The roller coaster went by the […]
The cover of Gratz Memories, Volume 2, published by the Gratz Historical Society, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 1987. Contributors: Margaret Dowling, Leah Hollenbach, Lena Kessler, Luma Rothermel, Guy Schieb, Lois Schoffstall, Carolyn Schwalm, Marie Stine, Hannah [Clark] Seeger, Myrtle Koppenhaver, Hal Hepler, Harry Shiro Sr., Laura […]
An undated generic post card view of a car on a road in the woods, supposedly near Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. “Greetings from Tower City, Pennsylvania” ________________________________________________ Corrections and […]
A colorized photograph of Robert E. Woodside, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, and Gov. John S. Fine, examining a bill that the governor signed that would have built an extension of […]
Many descriptions of the Great Gratz Fire of November 4, 1924, have been published – including the accounts of newspapers of the local area and region and summaries of the fire written […]