Massacre of the Connestoga Indians, 1763 (2)
The Conestoga Indians were also known as the Susquehannock Indians. The Paxton Boys were a group of frontier ruffians of Scotch-Irish descent who lived in the Central Susquehanna Valley in […]
Lykens – Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, September 1885 (1 of 1)
A map created by the Sanborn Fire Insurance Company, Sanborn Map Company, for Lykens Borough, September 1885 (1 of 1), Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. For further information about the availability of […]
Massacre of the Connestoga Indians, 1763 (1)
The Conestoga Indians were also known as the Susquehannock Indians. The Paxton Boys were a group of frontier ruffians of Scotch-Irish descent who lived in the Central Susquehanna Valley in […]
Wiconisco – Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, April 1896 (1 of 1)
A map created by the Sanborn Fire Insurance Company, Sanborn Map Company, April 1896, for Wiconisco (1 of 1), Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. For further information about the availability of this […]
Lykens – Baseball Team, 1910
A rare, but slightly damaged photograph of the 1910 baseball team of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. In March 1910, there was formed an athletic association of the communities of Wiconisco […]
George S. Wingard (1898-1950) – Carpenter, World War I Veteran
George S. Wingard George S. Wingard, 57, of 698 E. Center Street, passed away last Thursday night at the Harrisburg Hospital, where he had been a patient for some time. […]
Wiconisco – Pottsville Street, 1907 or Before
A black and white photo post card view of Pottsville Street, Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. In establishing a date for this scene, it is noted that the white band across […]
Anna M. [Phillips] Williams (1889-1951) – Publisher of Pillow Gazette
Mrs. Anna M. Williams Mrs. Anna Mae Williams, 61, wife of John Albert Williams, of Dalmatia, R.D., died last Friday at 3:15 p.m., in the Polyclinic Hospital, Harrisburg, after an […]