Smaller Stations En Route on the Lykens Valley Railroad
A cut shown above from an 1895 railroad map gives the approximate location of the smaller railroad states on the Lykens Valley Railroad. Other than the main railroad stations on […]
Elizabethville- High School Baseball Team, 1937
A photograph of the Elizabethville High School Baseball Team, as it appeared in the 3 June 1937 issue of the Elizabethville Echo, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, along with the names […]
The Great Gratz Fire of 1924 as Reported by Local Historian C. H. Willier
In 1955 for the Gratz Sesqucentennial, Clayton H. Willier, a local historian and a member of the souvenir book committee, penned a history of the Great Gratz Fire of 1924. […]
The Great Gratz Fire of 1924 as Reported by the Harrisburg Evening News
In the early morning hours of 3 November 1924, a disastrous fire swept through the center of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The perfect storm of the failure of the borough […]
Elizabethville – G & S Department Store, 1926
An advertisement for The G. & S. Department Store, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. THE HOME OF GOOD VALUES The G. & S. Department Store ELIZABETHVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA OUTFITTERS FOR THE ENTIRE […]
The Great Gratz Fire of 1924 as Reported by the Harrisburg Telegraph
In the early morning hours of 3 November 1924, a disastrous fire swept through the center of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The perfect storm of the failure of the borough […]
Elizabethville – Coal Train Wreck Causes Two Day Delay in Traffic, 1902
The Elizabethville Echo, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, of 1 August 1902, reported on a wreck of a coal train on the Lykens Valley Railroad that caused a significant delay in […]
Elizabethvile – Willy’s Bar & Restaurant, 1957
An advertisement for Willy’s Bar & Restaurant, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. PIZZA PIES – Every Night – HERE, AND TO GO SEA FOODS Every Friday & Saturday Nights Our Own […]