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Lykens Valley Coal Company – Mine Tunnel, 1836-1869 – View 2

A view of the Lykens Valley Mine Tunnel entrance at Bear Gap, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  This was the first site of commercial coal mining in the Lykens Valley and was […]

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Lykens Valley Coal Company – Mine Tunnel, 1836-1869 – View 1

A view of the Lykens Valley Mine Tunnel entrance at Bear Gap, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  This was the first site of commercial coal mining in the Lykens Valley and was […]

December 5, 2016
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Elias “Eli” Swab (1824-1898)

Elias “Eli” Swab was born in Mifflin Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 7 October 1824. The first ancestor in the line of his family to come to America was his great-grandfather, […]

December 5, 2016
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Millersburg – Cloverly Construction Company, 1957

An advertisement for Cloverly Construction Company, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. CLOVERLY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY Millersburg – Harrisburg Area Custom Construction Brick, Stone and Frame Homes Dealers for, and Builders of Admiral […]

December 4, 2016
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World War II – William M. Troutman – Killed in Action

William M. Troutman From the Upper Dauphin Sentinel (Millersburg, Pennsylvania), 19 May 2015: Information is being sought on a former Millersburg resident who lost his life while serving in World […]

December 4, 2016
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Millersburg – Ferry Season Opening, 1989

A newspaper photograph from the Citizen Standard (Valley View, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania), 19 April 1989, of the Millersburg Ferry, Roaring Bull. The photo caption states: Start of Another Season The […]

December 3, 2016
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Dietrich-Riegle Homestead Featured in Tschamber Painting

  The William Dietrich and Helen [Hoffman] Dietrich homestead is located along Specktown Road, Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  The home and property originally belonged to Hannah [Rickert] Riegle, […]

December 3, 2016 1 Comment

Millersburg – Panoramic View of Cloverly Acres, 1957

An advertisement for Cloverly Acres, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. CLOVERLY ACRES Millersburg, Pennsylvania An SAR Enterprise, Inc., Development Note:  Panoramic view of the construction of the development. __________________________________ Corrections and […]

December 2, 2016

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