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Fatal Mine Accidents at Short Mountain Colliery, 1878-1903

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…. The list […]

November 22, 2016
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Lenkerville – Looking East on Lykens Valley Railroad, 1877

A photograph taken about 1877 from the balcony of the old railroad station at Millersburg (Lenkerville), Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  The view is looking east along the tracks of the Lykens […]

November 21, 2016
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Short Mountain Colliery Timeline, 1910-1919

Short Mountain Colliery: Timeline 1910-1919 1910: Purchased new water heater for Bull boiler house. Constructed coal pockets for Bull boiler house. Erected new ash conveyor at Bull boiler house. Erected […]

November 21, 2016
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Dr. Wilson E. Naylor (1841-1919)

Dr. Wilson E. Naylor, dentist, Elizabethville, was born at Mt. Rock, Cumberland County, Pennsylania, 6 June 1841, a son of Nelson L. Naylor and Catherine [Bender] Naylor.  The ancestors are […]

November 20, 2016
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Prominent Men of Lykens at the Reservoir, 1887

A photograph of some prominent men of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, at the Lykens Reservoir, taken in 1887. Front Row (seated on rock):  Dr. W. H. Uhler; Richard Walters; G. […]

November 19, 2016
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Unknown School Photo #EAHS-16-0007

This is an unidentified school and/or musical group photo from the collection of the Elizabethville Area Historical Society.  Photograph #EAHS-16-0007. Stamped on the back of this picture (magenta circular date […]

November 18, 2016
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John Hartman (1819-1894) & Anna Mary [Ritzman] Hartman (182-1903)

An undated portrait of John Ritzman (1819-1894) and his wife, Anna Mary [Ritzman] Hartman (1820-1903), of Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. _____________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as […]

November 17, 2016
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Jacob Kissinger (1843-1921)

Jacob Kissinger, farmer and stockman, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was born in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 14 November 1843. His grandfather, John Kissinger, was a native of Lykens Township, […]

November 17, 2016

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