Shamokin – Neighborhood Boys of the 1930s
A photograph from the 1930s of a group of neighborhood boys, in Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, who by the 1940s would all end up serving in the military. In front […]
Henry Keiser of Lykens and the Whiskey Ration
This blog post presents “whiskey-related” information from the Henry Keiser Diary. Henry was a Civil War soldier from Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ______________________________________________ The print of a political cartoon shown […]
Halifax – Long’s Church & Cemetery
An undated photograph of Long’s Church and Cemetery, south of Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The cemetery is till there (along Route 147), but the church building is long gone, being […]
Halifax – Slot Machines Seized at VFW & Legion Posts, 1952
On a Sunday in April 1952, State Police raided both veterans’ organizations in Halifax (VFW & American Legion), Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and seized slot machines and other gambling paraphernalia, and […]
The Legend of the Daring Ride of Rachel Silverthorn, 1778
A photograph of the 1938 public works painting by John W. Beauchamp, titled “The Ride of Rachel Silverthorn.” The painting hangs in the Muncy Post Office, Muncy, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. […]
Phaon Heinbach (1888-1908) – Kills Self in Hunting Accident
GUNNER’S SUDDEN DEATH Phaon Heinbach, while out gunning for game on Thursday, last (the opening of the rabbit season) in Batdorf’s Swamp, a half mile north of Pine Grove, in […]
Lykens – Eagle Iron Works
An undated photo post card view (colorized) of a parade float of the Eagle Iron Works, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The occasion for the parade is not known nor are […]
Millersburg – Slot Machine Raid at American Legion, 1952
According to an 1805 state law, mechanical gambling devices were prohibited in Pennsylvania. Slot machines, which fell under the restrictions of that law, while illegal, were very popular and saw […]