After the Trial of the Jackson Township Anti-Vax “Conspirators”
Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, Commissioner of Health for Pennsylvania, took the results of the March 1906 trial as a victory for compulsory vaccination even though the court had ruled that […]
Elizabethville Post Office, 1914
The stamped corner of a penny post card mailed at Elizabethville Post Office, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, June 4, 1914, 7 A. M. _______________________________ Corrections and additional information should be […]
Elizabethville – Salem Reformed Church
An undated colorized post card view of the Salem Reformed Church, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. _______________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
Judith A. Matter of Elizabethville, 1966
A 1966 portrait photograph of Judith A. Matter of Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from The Cumberland, the 1966 yearbook of the Shippensburg State College, Shippensburg, Cumberland County, […]
Elizabethville – Old Stone Church Cemetery
On the corner of Broad and Bender Streets within the Borough of Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, lies one of the oldest cemeteries in the Lykens Valley area. This cemetery has […]
Jedediah Hotchkiss, Confederate Mapmaker, and Lykens Valley School Teacher (3)
A 1846-1847 drawing of the Old Stone Church, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, from the Diary of Jedediah Hotchkiss, Confederate Mapmaker. So why is there a drawing of the Old Stone […]
Jedediah Hotchkiss, Confederate Mapmaker, and Lykens Valley School Teacher (2)
A portion of a map made during the Civil War by Confederate Mapmaker Jedediah Hotchkiss. The map was drawn from notes Hotchkiss made while serving as a teacher in the […]
Jane Wallace Buxton of Elizabethville, 1961
A 1961 portrait photograph of Jane Wallace Buxton of Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from The Cumberland, the 1961 yearbook of the Shippensburg State College, Shippensburg, Cumberland County, […]