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Millersburg – Demolition of a Landmark, 2012

An October 2008 street-view photograph of the northwest corner of Market Street and Center Street, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photographer was Google. It appears from the photo that no […]

July 26, 2023
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Shamokin – Roller Coaster (2)

An undated post card view of the “Scenic Railway” at Edgewood Park, Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. This was a wooden roller coaster that was in operation from 1909 to 1922 and […]

July 26, 2023
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Halifax Hometown Heroes – Allen R. Ramberger

CPL ALLEN R. RAMBERGER U. S. ARMY KOREAN CONFLICT See also: For information on the availability of copies of this book, contact Halifax Area Historical Society. ________________________________ Corrections and additional information […]

July 26, 2023
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Coal Castles – York Farm Colliery

A photograph taken about 1885 of a primitive locomotive passing in front of an old wooded coal breaker. From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville Republican and Herald in […]

July 26, 2023
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Matamoras – Sweigard’s General Store

A 1950 photograph (colorized) of Sweigard’s General Store, Matamoras, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Christmas decorations are displayed on the porch roof (Santa and reindeer). Note the advertising signs for Gulf, Coca […]

July 25, 2023
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Shamokin – Roller Coaster (1)

An undated post card view of the “Scenic Railway” at Edgewood Park, Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. This was a wooden roller coaster that was in operation from 1909 to 1922 […]

July 25, 2023
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Marie [Umholtz] Stine – Memories of the Great Gratz Fire of 1924

Many descriptions of the Great Gratz Fire of November 4, 1924, have been published – including the accounts of newspapers of the local area and region and summaries of the fire written […]

July 25, 2023
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Halifax Hometown Heroes – Lynn E. Poffenberger

SPC/2 (T) LYNN E. POFFENBERGER U. S. ARMY KOREAN CONFLICT 1952-1955 See also: For information on the availability of copies of this book, contact Halifax Area Historical Society. ________________________________ Corrections and […]

July 25, 2023

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