An undated photograph of a typical colliery blacksmith shop. The location is unknown. _______________________________ Photo was published in the Republican and Herald (Pottsville, Pennsylvania) in the column “Coal Castles,” 18 […]
On 5 August 1989, Tracy Kroh, a 17-year-old honor student at Halifax Area High School, left her home at Enterline, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, to deliver some items to her sister […]
A complete digital copy of the 1956 Yearbook, The Comitus, of the Tri-Valley High School, Hegins Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, is available on Ancestry.com. The cover is shown above. ____________________________ […]
A 1953 advertisement for the Lykens Bottling Works, manufactures of Schnieders Beverages, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Note: The bottling works name is spelled “Lyken’s” in the ad. _________________________________ From the […]
A photograph of the “Black Diamond,” the payroll car of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company. This car made the rounds of the collieries in Schuylkill County and […]
An undated snapshot photo of a baby sitting in a chair. Location unknown. Lydia Alice [Helt] Riegle (1883-1942) was born in Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and died in Robesonia, Berks […]
An undated photograph of the interior and bar of the Williamstown House Hotel, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. According to information provided in the Williamstown Sesquicentennial Book: [The] WIlliamstown House owned […]
The execution of Frank Rumberger and Henry Rumberger for the murder of Daniel Troutman at Uniontown (Pillow), Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, took place in March 1882. At that time, the Harrisburg […]
