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Upper Dauphin High School – Eugene Melvin Wiest, 1964

A 1964 colorized portrait photograph of Eugene Melvin Wiest, a member of the senior class of the Upper Dauphin High School, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ From the 1964 yearbook, La Memoria, of […]

April 3, 2024
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Elizabethville – Last Days of the Red Tavern, 1903

The last days of the Red Tavern, an Elizabethville landmark on South Market Street across from the railroad station, began when the property was sold at sheriff’s sale in January […]

April 2, 2024
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Lykens – Dedication of Ashlar Lodge, 1924

This news article appeared in the Lykens Standard, April 25, 1924, describing the dedication of the new Ashlar Lodge Temple on Market Street, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ASHLAR LODGE DEDICATED […]

April 2, 2024
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Upper Dauphin High School – Dawn Eileen Wiest, 1964

A 1964 colorized portrait photograph of Dawn Eileen Wiest, a member of the senior class of the Upper Dauphin High School, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ From the 1964 yearbook, La Memoria, of […]

April 2, 2024
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Millersburg High School Football, 1926

A 1926 photograph (recently colorized) of the football team of the Millersburg High School, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Identified in the photo: Front Row (seated):  M. Baker; K. Buffington; J. Kulp; […]

April 1, 2024
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Was a Spy Captured Near Harrisburg in 1863?

Three Harrisburg Men Capture Confederate Spy in the River Col. Demming and Simon Gratz Who Caught “Rebel” Will Meet on Fiftieth Anniversary of Event According to Samuel Bates, an incident occurred […]

April 1, 2024
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Upper Dauphin High School – Bonnie Lou Wiest, 1964

A 1964 colorized portrait photograph of Bonnie Lou Wiest, a member of the senior class of the Upper Dauphin High School, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ From the 1964 yearbook, La Memoria, of […]

April 1, 2024
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Millersburg – Serbian Suicides by Walking Into Train, 1932

A 36-year-old native of Serbia who was a road worker on the State highway, took his own life in March 1932 by walking head-on into a fast-moving express train heading […]

March 31, 2024

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