Announcing the Coming of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, 1910
Early in 1910, notices began to appear in the local and area newspapers of the coming of a new railroad, the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, to the Lykens Valley. The notices […]
Berrysburg Borough Launches Web Site, 2017
An announcement has come from Lahn Kopp of the Berrysburg Borough Council, Berrysburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, that a new web site, Berrysburg.org, was launched in 2017. The site has pages […]
Midland Pennsylvania Railroad Prospectus, 1911
The Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, begun in 1910, with plans to connect Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, with Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, turned out to be a colossal failure. In addition to […]
Harry E. Rush (1879-1948) – Pennsylvania Railroad Agent at Elizabethville
HARRY E. RUSH DIED THIS MORNING Harry E. Rush, age 68 years, retired agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, died suddenly at his home, East Main Street, [Elizabethville], this Thursday […]
Midland Pennsylvania Railroad To Open Lykens Valley to Commerce, 1911
The Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, begun in 1910, with plans to connect Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, with Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, turned out to be a colossal failure. In addition to […]
Mary McClata [Williard] Klinger (1877-1942)
An undated portrait of Mary McClata [Williard] Klinger, of Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, who was born 19 September 1877 in Lykens Township, the daughter of Jonathan C. Williard (1848-1929) […]
Lykens Valley Vocational School – Report Card, 1933
Both sides of a student report card for the Lykens Valley Vocational School, Berrysburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, for the school year 1932-1933. The student was Harold W. Dietrich, son of […]
Dorothy Elva [Hassinger] Keiter (1905-1938)
MRS. CHARLES KEITER Mrs. Dorothy Keiter, age 33 years, 6 months and 18 days, of Washington Township, near Loyalton, died in a Harrisburg hospital last Friday evening. She has been […]