Boyertown – Rhoads’ Opera House Fire, 1908
In January, 1908, a major fire occurred in Boyertown, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The Rhoads’ Opera House was gutted and of the more than 400 persons who had packed the theatre […]
Ban Smoking in Lykens Grandstand During Baseball Games?
On August 24, 1906, the Lykens Standard proposed that smoking be banned in the grand stands at the Lykens baseball park. In making the call, the Standard gave as a […]
Attempted Train Wreck Near Woodside Station, 1928
A quick-reacting engineer brought a morning passenger train to a halt on April 1928 near Woodside Station on the Lykens Valley Railroad, just barely averting the derailment of the locomotive […]
Highway Robbery Near Loyalton, 1906
The dangers of traveling the back roads of the Lykens Valley at night became evident to Frank Wiest, a butcher. He was brutally attacked and robbed in September 1906 near […]
David Reese Crushed to Death at Short Mountain Colliery, 1906
The tragic death of David Reese which occurred on January 3, 1906, at Short Mountain Colliery near Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was reported in an obituary that appeared in the […]
Williamstown – Market Street Scene (1)
An undated post card view of Market Street, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Note the trolley, track and overhead wire. _____________________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to […]
Millersburg – Early Aviation at Robinson Field (2)
A photograph said to have been taken on Easter Sunday (year not identified) at Robinson Field, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from a scrapbook in which the following […]
Mahantongo Valley
Nestled in the pocket of the Blue Mountains of the Appalachians, the Mahantongo Valley extends east from the Susquehana River for seventeen miles. Bordered to the north by Line Mountain, it extends […]