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 […]
Elizabethville – Ebenezer Evangelical Church (1885-1946)
A pre-1946 photograph of the Ebenezer Evangelical Church, southeast corner of Main and Buttonwood Streets, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The building was erected in 1886. The congregation united with the […]
Elizabethville – Mountain House, 2015
A 2015 photograph from GoogleMaps, street view, of the Mountain House, near Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This was once a thriving hotel and pub, but in recent times has become […]
Suicide of Goldie Marie Myers, 1936
From the Lykens Standard, May 15, 1936: GUN ENDS LIFE OF YOUNG MOTHER According to Deputy Coroner George W. Wren, of Williamstown, Mrs. Goldie Marie Myers, residing for the past […]
Free Black-Face Show in Elizabethville, 1934
A two-column-wide ad that appeared in the Elizabethville Echo of June 7, 1934, advertised a free show that was to be held on the School Commons. The ad featured what […]
John A. Kull – Lykens Businessman, 1900
A newspaper portrait of John A. Kull, of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This photograph accompanied a then current biographical sketch of him appearing in the Lykens Register, March 22, 1900: […]
Elizabethville – West Main Street from the Square, 1897
A photograph taken about 1897, looking west from the intersection of Market Street and Main Street, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The sidewalks appear to be paved, but Main Street is […]
Elizabethville – Death of Shortest Man in County, 1900
From the Lykens Register, May 17, 1900: Smallest Man in County Dies William Collier, probably the smallest man in statue [sic] in Dauphin County, measuring a fraction over three feet, […]