The William E. Dietrich home, is located along Specktown Road, in Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The current exterior appearance of the building is basically as it was in […]
This is said to be a picture of the Northern Central Railroad Bridge at Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The caption also states that the bridge is “now gone.” The photograph […]
From the Harrisburg Telegraph, 20 July 1874 (reporting from the Lykens Register): Accident at Short Mountain Colliery. — About seven o’clock this morning one of the boilers at the […]
This is said to be a view of the original town of Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. If the body of water to the right is the Wiconisco Creek, then the […]
Timeline: o 1776: First Pennsylvania Constitution called for the state legislature to establish at least one school in every county, but this was never enacted or enforced. o 1790: “Poor […]
An undated newspaper clipping showing a picture of the Millersburg Ferry in the 1880s, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The caption reads: “The Millersburg Ferry during the 1880s. At this time […]
Some time after 1903, the Lykens Standard responded to a request to print a list of all mine-related fatalities at the Short Mountain Colliery, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. That list […]
A view looking south from the balcony of the old railroad station at Millersburg (Lenkerville), Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, to the yards of the Northern Central Railroad (later the Pennsylvania Railroad). […]
