Post Cards of Halifax Community
A 250-page-book, Post Cards of Hallifax Community, Its Borough and Three Rural Valleys: Post Card Treasures of Historical Moments, by Pearl Bretz Hane, was published in 2018 by the Halifax […]
Carsonville – Generic Post Card
An undated generic post card for Carsonville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The seal of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania appears in the upper right hand corner of the card. ______________________________ Corrections and […]
Dennis R. Woll (1953-2016) – Owner-Operator of Wolley’s Bar, Lykens
DENNIS R. WOLL Dennis R. Woll, 63, of Williamstown, passed away Wednesday evening, May 18 2016, at his home with his family by his side after a 3 1/2 year […]
Carsonville Post Office via Train No. 68 From Harrisburg, 1907
A one-cent stamp on a post card mailed from Harrisburg to Carsonville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The first postmark and cancel was applied on a railway postal car (R.P.O.) on Train […]
Local Reminiscences for Home Historians – February 2, 1905
Seventh in a series of nine 1904-1905 newspaper articles in which two old-timers are portrayed reminiscing about the Lykens Valley of the past. The two fictional characters, the “old railroader” […]
The Potato Masher Murder in Lykens, 1966
On 3 March 1966 two men got into a fight at a home in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, which resulted in the death of one of them. Charged with the […]
The Halifax Schools
A 215-page-book, A Dream Fulfilled: Boyer Memorial School and a History of Other Halifax Schools Throughout the Centuries, 1794 Forward, by Pearl Bretz Hane, was published in 2014 by the […]
Two Men Killed in Hunting Accidents, 1947
TWO MEN VICTIMS OF HUNTING ACCIDENTS John F. Daniels, 48, of Lykens Township, and Jack Judy, 17, of Rutherford Heights, lost their lives while hunting on Saturday. Daniels, who […]