Heister Clymer – White Supremacist Candidate for Governor, 1866
Hiester Clymer (1827- 12 June 1884), a member of the Democratic Party of Pennsylvania, was a State Senator who was opposed to Lincoln and his prosecution of the Civil War. […]
Specktown – A Soldier & His Wife Visit the Homestead
A snapshot photograph taken about 1942 of Harold Dietrich (1919-1988) in his World War II military uniform (Army Air Corps) standing next to his wife Quineta [Hamlin] Dietrich (1921-2013), at […]
Sr. Ann Hazuda – Roman Catholic Sisters of the Lykens Valley
Sr. Ann Hazuda was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hazuda. She graduated from Sacred Heart High School, Williamtown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and Miseracordia College, Dallas, Pennsylvania. She also […]
Herndon National Bank, 1910
A photocopy of a photograph taken about 1910 of the Herndon National Bank on Market Square, Herndon, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. _________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments […]
Rev. John J. Stauffer – Reformed Minister of the Lykens Valley
Rev. John J. Stauffer served as minister of Simeon Reformed Church, Gratz, Dauphin County, from 1891 to 1902. ________________________________ John J. Stauffer was born at Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania on […]
Line Mountain High School – Roman Holiday, 1968
A 1968 photograph of the “Roman Holiday” formal dance of the Line Mountain High School, Herndon, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. None of the individuals in the photo are identified. _______________________________________ From […]
African American Population of the Lykens Valley Area, 1860
The African American population as reported in the 1860 Census for selected areas of the Lykens Valley area is presented in today’s blog post. In 1860, African Americans were enumerated […]
Two Riegle Sisters at Specktown Homestead
A snapshot photograph probably taken some time in the 1920s of two Riegle sisters at the Riegle-Dietrich Homestead, Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. At left is Mable [Riegle] Evitts […]