Fire Razes Loyalton Barn, 1933
From the Elizabethville Echo, 1 June 1933: FIRE RAZED BIG LOYALTON BARN TUESDAY MORNING Fire of undetermined origin destroyed a huge barn on the farm of William Hechler a short […]
Millersburg – Elementary School Faculty, 1951
A photograph of the Millersburg Elementary School Faculty, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, as it appeared in the school yearbook, The Susquehannock, in 1951. Identified in the photo are: Front Row […]
Guy R. Klinger (1889-1948) – Rural Mail Carrier
GUY R. KLINGER LAID TO REST SUNDAY Guy R. Klinger, aged 59 years, died Thursday afternoon at the home of Walter Umholtz in Gratz. He was a son of the […]
Pennsylvania Canals
In a four page pamphlet published in 1969 by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, a brief story of the history of Pennsylvania canal system is told. The above map […]
William J. Budd (1905-1978) – Retired Federal Employee
WILLIAM BUDD WILLIAMSTOWN — William J. Budd, 73, of 304 E. Market Street. died Sunday 26 November 1978, at Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill. He was a member of the […]
Mending Uncle Walter’s Trousers, July 1953
Walter Albert Evitts (1884-1965) grew up in Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania and married Mabel Eliza Riegle (1883-1964), his next door neighbor. In the late 1950s the snapshot shown […]
Jerry E. Walborn (1860-1949) – Retired Farmer
JERRY E. WALBORN Jerry E. Walborn, age 89 years, died at his home in Millersburg Thursday evening. Mr. Walborn was a native of Lykens Valley and had engaged in farming […]
History of Valley and Its Prospects, 1911
The Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, begun in 1910, with plans to connect Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, with Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, turned out to be a colossal failure. In addition to […]