This November 1926 storm that hit Central Pennsylvania caused flood and wind damage in the Lykens Valley. The locations and quick response to restore transportation, electricity and telephone service, were […]
In May 1930, Henry Noel, a miner, came staggering out of the woods near Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, bleeding from the neck. After being taken to the office of a […]
From the Lykens Standard, September 17, 1926: $2,000,000 ELECTRIC PLANT AT LYKENS MINES The Electrical Plant, located on the property of the Susquehanna Collieries Company, this place, erected and began […]
The “A. F. Baker” was a locomotive owned by the Williams Valley Railroad, which operated from Brookside in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania and passed through Williams Valley Junction, Reinerton, Tower City, […]
Williams Township was officially created on 7 February 1869. In 1869, the township area was separated from Wiconisco Township, which it had been part of since 1840. Prior to being […]