The Unsolved Disappearance of W. D. Frank, 1899
W. D. Frank, a prominent businessman of Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, disappeared without a trace on March 10, 1899. The story told was that he left his home on foot […]
A History of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, 1905-1921
A photograph taken on September 15, 1910, of the groundbreaking ceremonies at Killinger, Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, for the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, which was to be constructed from […]
More News Briefs About the Ku Klux Klan, 1926
In 1926, the Ku Klux Klan was very active in the Lykens Valley area. Additional news briefs have been located about those activities and are given here in this blog […]
Some Stories About the Lykens Valley Accommodation, 1929-1934
An undated view of Market Street in Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The railroad station is at far right and the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad’s Lykens Valley Branch cross Market […]
History of the Berrysburg Seminary (3)
A History of Berrysburg Seminary, from an address by D. G. Lubold at a reunion of alumni and students held at Berrysburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Thursday, August 11, 1904. Published […]
Mifflin Township – School Directors & Teachers, 1873-1874
On 20 November 1873, the Harrisburg Telegraph published a directory of School Directors and Teachers in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, for the school year 1873-1874: Directory of the Public Schools of […]
Gratz News – December 19, 1934
The following news briefs were published in the “Gratz News” section of a local newspaper, 19 December 1934: John Lewis and Paul Daniels of Wadesville, Pennsylvania, spent Thursday evening at […]
Gratz News – August 29, 1934
The following news briefs were published in the “Gratz News” section of a local newspaper, for the week of August 29, 1934: Mrs. Jacob Maurer, of Herndon, is spending [sic] […]