Coal Gas Closes Wiconisco School, 1969
A photo showing students of the Wiconisco School Building, Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, being helped by personnel on Friday January 24, 1969. The photo was published in the Lykens Standard, […]
Highlights from the “Washington Square Democrat,” 1878 (3)
A column entitled “Quarter Century Back,” as published in the Elizabethville Echo, June19, 1903, refers to the predecessor of the Echo, published in 1878 at Washington Square by J. A. Ettinger, and known at the […]
Tropical Storm Agnes as Reported by the West Schuylkill Herald, 1972
And the Rains Came! WORST NATURAL DISASTER IN A LIFETIME Although Tower City and Porter Township, except for Sheridan, suffered less damage from water than many of the other surrounding […]
Wiconisco – Trolley Bridge Razed, 1925
A newspaper photo and caption from the Lykens Standard, July 3, 1925. Headline: TROLLEY BRIDGE RAZED. The caption reads as follows: The trolley bridge, familiarly known by all as “the […]
Hoffman Goes West to Claim Fortune, 1903
Some news briefs from 1903 tell the story of a father who went west to seek his fortune, made it well, and then died. In settling the estate, the attorney […]
Charles Botteiger Arrested for Robbing Mails, 1903
BAGGAGEMASTER ARRESTED Charles Botteiger, baggage master on Day’s train on the Summit Branch road was arrested upon the arrival of the train at Lykens at 12:10 noon Thursday of last […]
Dauphin County and the Revolutionary War
A sample of currency issued to support the Revolutionary War effort. The particular item pictured here was issued at Philadelphia in 1775 with the face value of twenty dollars. During […]
Accidental Shooting in Jackson Township, 1903
The following story comes from the front page of the Elizabethville Echo, August 7, 1903, about a young farm hand in Jackson Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, who was shot by […]