In the 1860 Census of Washington Township, (Post Office Elizabethville), Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, there appears a family identified in the “Color” column as “m” for Mulatto. The head of the […]
A 50-page-book, McClellan Coal Storage Yard, 1900-1931, Pennsylvania Railroad Train Stop, by Pearl Bretz Hane, was published in 2012 by the Halifax Area Historical Society, P.O. Box 562, Halifax, Pennsylvania […]
A 1961 advertisement for Bosdorf’s Foods, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. BOSDORF’S Fruit Baskets ….. Seafoods OPPOSITE MILLERSBURG POST OFFICE ______________________________________ From the 1961 Yearbook of the Millersburg-Upper Paxton Union High […]
A 1943 photograph of the members of the junior class of the Boyer Memorial High School, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. While the individuals in the photo are not specifically identified, […]
The dedication page of the 1945 yearbook of the Millersburg High School, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The five men pictured were all members of the Class of 1945 who enlisted […]
On 1 March 1780, the Pennsylvania Legislature passed a law providing for the gradual abolition of slavery. It was meant to protect the rights of Pennsylvanians who owned slaves as […]
A 1973 photograph of the school board of the Upper Dauphin High School, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Members of the board who are pictured: Front Row (seated): Leon Buffington; Lynn […]
A brief notice in the Lykens Register of 5 May 1898 noted the procession in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, to celebrate the naval victory by the U. S. Fleet over […]
