Jedediah Hotchkiss, Confederate Mapmaker, and Lykens Valley School Teacher (2)
A portion of a map made during the Civil War by Confederate Mapmaker Jedediah Hotchkiss. The map was drawn from notes Hotchkiss made while serving as a teacher in the […]
Near East Relief and the Lykens Valley Area
Today’s blog post looks at news items from the Elizabethville Echo that described community efforts to educate and raise funds for relief for the tens of thousands of orphans of […]
Mary E. Miller of Berrysburg, 1938
A 1938 portrait photograph of Mary E. Miller of Berrysburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from The Obiter, the 1938 yearbook of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, Bloomsburg, Columbia […]
Thomas H. Ransom – Barber of Millersburg
Thomas Henry Ransom was born as a slave in Winchester, Virginia, January 22, 1855, to Thomas Ransom and Margaret Ransom, maiden name unknown. He first appeared in official Lykens Valley […]
Grading for the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, 1909
A set of four photographs of grading for the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, which began 1908 and 1909. The railroad was planned to run from Millersburg in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, to […]
Berrysburg – St. John’s Lutheran Church Confirmation, 1896
An 1896 group photograph of the Confirmation Class of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Berrysburg, Mifflin Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo was taken by M. M. Bernard‘s Studio of Lykens […]
Berrysburg – Lesher Slaughterhouse, 1955
A 1955 advertisement for M. L. Lesher “Abattoir” [Slaughterhouse], Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Wholesale and Retail Quality Meats Phone – Elizabethville __________________________________ From Program for the Gratz Sesquicentennial, 1805-1955. Corrections […]
Charles Eby Family
A studio portrait photograph taken around 1894 of the Charles Eby Family of the Lykens Valley. The family lived in various communities of the valley including Elizabethville, Washington Township, Berrysburg, […]