Shamokin – Glen Burn Mine Tour
An undated color photo post card view of a tour group coming out of the Glen Burn Mine near Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. On the back of the card is […]
Halifax Hometown Heroes – Leonard Buffington
LEONARD BUFFINGTON US ARMY VIETNAM See also: For information on the availability of copies of this book, contact Halifax Area Historical Society. ________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as […]
Terry G. Strohecker (1944-2022) – Livestock Dealer
Terry had a passion with farms and cattle. In 1964 he formed a business partnership of Strohecker & Baumert Livestock with the late Gary Baumert and in 1999 incorporated it […]
Halifax Hometown Heroes – Jeffery Buffington
JEFFERY BUFFINGTON US ARMY VIETNAM See also: For information on the availability of copies of this book, contact Halifax Area Historical Society. ________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as […]
Lykens – Birds-Eye View From Bear Gap
An rare, undated photographic view of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, taken from above the mining operation of the Lykens Valley Coal Company at Bear Gap, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Various mining […]
Shamokin – Old High School
An undated photo post card view, colorized, of the old Shamokin High School, Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. ______________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
The Broad Mountain Murder Mystery, 1925
An unsolved crime! White slavery and houses of ill-repute (road houses) formed the background of the murder mystery on Broad Mountain. On April 5, 1925, the badly burned body of […]
Anna C. Radel (1926-2022) – Judicial Secretary of Commonwealth Court
ANNA C. RADEL WICONISCO – Anna C. Radel, age 95, of Camp Hill, passed away May 10, 2022, at Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center. She was born on […]