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Miner Dies After Being Run Over By Mining Car, 1906

From the Lykens Standard, June 22, 1906: FATAL ACCIDENT AT WILLIAMSTOWN Peter Malloy, while walking down the separator plane at Summit Branch Colliery, Williamstown, about 5 o’clock Tuesday evening, was […]

January 25, 2024
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Upper Dauphin High School – Richard Melvin Feidt, 1964

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

January 25, 2024
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Some Happenings In and Around Lenker Station

A map showing the location of Lenkers, also known as Lenker’s Station, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (violet dot). The station was located on the Lykens Valley Railroad between Millersburg and Elizabethville. […]

January 25, 2024
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Lower Mahanoy Township Bicentennial, 1773-1973

A souvenir plate issued in 1973 for the Bicentennial of Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. The plate features the following scenes, clockwise from top: In the center of the […]

January 24, 2024
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Harrisburg – Mulberry Street Bridge (7)

An undated photo post card view of the new Mulberry Street Bridge, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This bridge replaced one built in 1891 that connected the Allison Hill neighborhood of […]

January 24, 2024 1 Comment
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Invalid Civil War Vet Robbed of Pension Money, 1906

HENRY BORDNER ROBBED Henry Bordner, a decrepit veteran of the Civil War, who lived alone in the upper end of Paul’s Valley, was robbed about three weeks ago of $30 […]

January 24, 2024
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Upper Dauphin High School – Larry Eugene Engle, 1964

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

January 24, 2024
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Shamokin Dam – Phillips Motel (2)

An undated advertising post card for Phillips Motel, 1 mile south of Sunbury Interchange, 3 miles north of Selinsgrove, U. S. Routes 11 & 15, Selinsgrove, Snyder County, Pennsylvania. The […]

January 23, 2024

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Norman Gasbarro, Ed.D., is a genealogical/historical researcher and writer living in Philadelphia, PA. Norm taught history for over twenty-five years. He is a graduate of Muhlenberg College with a major in history and holds advanced degrees from Rowan University (NJ) and Columbia University (NY). Contact

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