Lykens – The Legend of Love Rock
An undated, colorized post card view of Lovers’ Rock (also known as Love Rock), located on Glen Road, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This rock is the subject of a legend […]
Loyalton – Ida’s Beer Garden, 1940
A newspaper advertisement from the Lykens Standard, October 25, 1940, for Ida’s Beer Garden, At the Bridge, Loyalton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ANOTHER ROLLICKING FLOOR SHOW EVENT Saturday Night FANCY DANCING […]
Murder at the Valley View Water Works, 1910
In 1910, at the conclusion of the construction of the Hegins Water Works at Valley View, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, a fight took place at the quarters of the Italian workers. […]
Tremont – Unidentified Group of Children in Woods
An undated, colorized photograph of an unknown group of children in the woods near Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The names of the children are not known and neither is the […]
Old Gratz Photos – Lot 49 & Lot 51
A colorized version of an aerial black and white photograph taken in 1953 of the two-family house, known also as the “Mansion House,” on Lot 49, East Market Street, Gratz, Dauphin […]
Lykens – Lebro Shirt Factory Looks for New Quarters, 1985
The Lebro Shirt Factory, which in 1985 was a large employer in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, decided that in order to remain in Lykens, it needed a new factory building; […]
Catherine [Hassinger] Kieffer (1936-2021) – Gratz Historical Society Past-President
CATHERINE H. KIEFFER Catherine H. Kieffer, 84, was called home Wednesday, September 1, 2021. She was preceded in passing by her parents, Mary Hassinger and Homer Hassinger; a sister, Elva […]
Wiconisco – Civil War Vet’s Son Loses Foot in Coal Train Accident, 1895
FOOT CRUSHED BY THE CARS George Dreibelbis, aged 15 years, son of Abraham Dreibelbis, an old Grand Army resident of Wiconisco, Pennsylvania, had his foot mashed yesterday near his home […]