A collection of newspaper briefs describing the acquisition of land in 1910-1912 for the construction of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad. Two disputed cases are noted: (1) The area of the […]
LOSES LIFE IN HIGHWAY ACCIDENT John Clifford Hoffman, 18, of Dillsburg, R. D. 3, was killed when his automobile and a truck collided on the highway near the bottom of […]
As a result of the coming of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, a shirt manufacturing company located in New York agreed to open a branch plant in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. […]
An undated picture post card view of the William Penn Highway along the Susquehanna Rover, south of Halifax, which was the main auto route to Harrisburg. The picture was taken […]
The exact location and names of those pictured in this undated photograph of a family or friends cooling off under a covered bridge are unknown. It was found in a […]
A brief notice appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph of 16 September 1911 describing a railroad construction accident near Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, during the construction of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad. […]
An undated picture post card view of the Clark’s Ferry Bridge crossing the Susquehanna River south of Dauphin Borough, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It is believed that this was the second […]
An undated photograph of north Center Street, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, showing Simeon Lutheran and Reformed Church on the west side (left) and the two Gratz school houses on the […]