YWCA Aided Elizabethville Cross Burning Victim, 2015
ELIZABETHVILLE – The YWCA of Greater Harrisburg is helping a Dauphin County woman who was the victim of a cross burning. Ashley Brooks, 29, is a black single mother of […]
Adam Weise in the Revolutionary War
Adam Weise was born December 23, 1751, in New Goshenhoppen Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvnaia, to John George Weise and Eva Weise. When he was twenty three years old, he moved […]
Rev. Dr. Calvin P. Wehr – Reformed Minister of the Lykens Valley
Rev. Dr. Calvin P. Wehr served as minister of Simeon Reformed Church, Gratz, Dauphin County, from 1905 to 1937. ________________________________ The Rev. Dr. Calvin Peter Wehr was the eldest son […]
Rush Township – School Directors & Teachers, 1873-1874
On 20 November 1873, the Harrisburg Telegraph published a directory of School Directors and Teachers in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, for the school year 1873-1874: Directory of the Public Schools of […]
Two Teens Arrested in Elizabethville Cross Burning, 2015
POLICE: BOYS BURN CROSS ON LAWN ELIZABETHVILLE – Two boys were charged on Wednesday for burning a 2-foot cross at 6 P.M., January 22 [2015) on a lawn in Washington […]
Elizabethville Post Office, 1923
A hand cancel dated 26 October, 7 A.M., on a penny post card mailed at Elizabethville Post Office, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. _______________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added […]
Elizabethville – Swab Wagon Company Headquarters
An undated photo post card view of the headquarters of the Swab Wagon Company, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Photo by Eby. _________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as […]
Slaves in the Household of Adam Bender, 1810
A section of a page from the Census of 1810 for Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, showing the household of Adam Bender. The interpretation of the original page, shown […]