Lykens – W. H. Uhler, Dentist, 1874
An advertisement from the Lykens Register, April 17, 1874, for W. H. Uhler, Surgeon and Mechanical Dentist, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Office on Main Street, first door west of Catholic Church Teeth […]
Halifax Area Hometown Heroes – Carl H.. Eshleman
PFC CARL H. ESHLEMAN US ARMY KOREAN CONFLICT ____________________________________ See also: For information on the availability of copies of this book, contact Halifax Area Historical Society. ________________________________ Corrections and additional information […]
Coal Castles – Brookside Colliery
From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville Republican and Herald in 1997: Located north of Tower City in the Williams Valley, the Brookside Colliery was originally operated as two […]
Gratz – Shiro Barn and Sawing Mill
An undated photograph (probably from around 1900) of the barn and sawing mill of the Shiro family of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. None of the individuals pictured are identified. _____________________________________________ […]
Hubley Township High School – Warren Schade, 1940
A portrait photograph of Warren Schade, a 1940 graduate of Hubley Township High School, Hubley Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Sometimes called “Jake,” hails from down Fearnot way. One of his classmates’ favorites, he has […]
Lykens – Charles W. Raver, Attorney, 1874
An advertisement from the Lykens Register, April 17, 1874, for Charles W. Raver, Attorney-At-Law, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. (Next door West Slotterback’s Confectionery) COLLECTIONS, Conveyancing, and all kinds of legal business promptly […]
Wilhelm Lebo (1847-1920) – Medical Doctor of Gratz
A photograph taken in Philadelphia at the Jefferson Medical School picturing five medical students working with a cadaver. Only one of the men is identified: Wilhelm “William” Lebo, who is […]
Newspaper Headlines of the Lytle Mine Tragedy, 1943
From the Pottsville Republican, September 24, 1943: 7 MEN TRAPPED IN LYTLE BLAST Fate Unknown; 8 Others In Hospital Badly Burned ______________________________________________________ From the Pottsville Republican, September 25, 1943: 14 […]