Clayton Bohner Crashes Plane Near Curtin, 1933
A newspaper portrait photograph of Clayton Bohner, who escaped an airplane crash near the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bohner, near Curtin, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in late […]
Midland Pennsylvania Railroad – Events of 1914
News of the year 1914 of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad is presented here as reported in area newspapers. For all previous articles on this doomed project, see: Midland Pennsylvania Railroad. […]
Henry A. Romberger (1855-1910)
Henry A. Romberger, postmaster and general merchant, Curtin, Pennsylvania, was born in Mifflin Township, 4 August 1855. His father David Romberger, was born in the same township, 12 September 1823, […]
Korean Conflict – Richard R. Lentz – Dies in Japan, 1951
Second Son Dies In Military Service S/Sgt, Richard R. Lentz Died in Japan, 4 February; Brother Killed 11 February 1945 S/Sgt. Richard R. Lentz, age 38, son of Mr. and […]
Mifflin Township – Topographical Map
An undated topographical map of Mifflin Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, produced by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. The communities of Berrysburg, Pillow and Curtin are part of Mifflin […]
Dean N. Deibler (1923-1945) – Killed in Action in South Pacific in World War II
FUNERAL FOR NAVY VETERAN [1949] Private funeral services for S1C Dean N. Deibler, age 22 years, who was killed in the South Pacific Area, 27 May 1945, will be held […]
Midland Pennsylvania Railroad – A Berrysburg Perspective
A 1911 photograph of the steel beams used to construct the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad bridge at the east end of Berrysburg, Dauphin County Pennsylvania. The beams were shipped to Elizabethville, […]
Midland Pennsylvania Railroad (2)
A 1911 photograph of roadbed grading for the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, which was to operate through the Lykens Valley from Millersburg and Killinger to Berrysburg and Gratz in Dauphin County, […]