Loyalton – The Indian Head Inn Fire, 1990
A early morning fire on February 24, 1990, in Loyalton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, completely destroyed the Indian Head Inn, a landmark old hotel and restaurant on the northeast corner of […]
Elizabethville – Martha Roshon Photography
Above, a cabinet card photograph of Marjorie Magdalene “Maggie [Shadle] Romberger (1900-1976) and her younger sister Hannah Ellen [Shadle] Messner (1902-1997). The photograph was taken around 1905 at Roshon‘s Studio, […]
Elizabethville Area Historical Society – Videos Available on YouTube
Marilyn Henninger of the Elizabethville Area Historical Society has just announced that Travis Enders has updated the society website to include direct links to past programs now available on YouTube. […]
The Great Gratz Fire of 1924
Many descriptions of the Great Gratz Fire of November 4, 1924, have been published – including the accounts of newspapers of the local area and region and summaries of the […]
Elizabethville – Lykens Valley Bank, 1906
The construction of the Lykens Valley Bank at the southeast corner of Main Street and Market Street, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, marked a turning point in the history of the […]
Elizabethville – Romberger’s Corner Store
An undated photograph (colorized) of the Romberger Corner Store, northwest corner of Main Street and Market Street, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. According to information found in the Elizabethville Bicentennial Book, […]
Elizabethville – Shuman Drug Store
An undated photograph of a former building on the southwest corner of Main Street & Market Street, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This corner building was purchased by Abraham Shuman and […]
Elizabethville – Swab Wagon Company
An undated colorized picture post card view of the Swab Wagon Company’s brick headquarters in Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The building is located opposite the Elizabethville Railroad Station and the photo was probably […]