Rev. John Nicholas Hemping (1778-1855)
Rev. John Nicholas Hemping – Lutheran Minister of the Lykens Valley Rev. John Nicholas Hemping was pastor of the Lykens Valley Parish from 1812-1850. This parish included Stone Valley, Mahanoy […]
Harvey A. Deppen & Blanche [Hepner] Deppen – 50th Wedding Anniversary
A portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey A. Deppen, taken on the occasion of their 50th Wedding Anniversary in 1965, and published in a local newspaper with the following article: […]
A Country Auction in Specktown, 1977 (3)
This is Part 3 of a multi-part series on a Country Auction that took place in Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 18 June 1977. The auction was for the […]
The Great Gratz Fire of 1924 as Reported by the Harrisburg Evening News
In the early morning hours of 3 November 1924, a disastrous fire swept through the center of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The perfect storm of the failure of the borough […]
A 1929 Proposal to Replace Train Service with Bus Service
On 3 October 1929, the Elizabethville Echo reported on a scheduled hearing to determine whether a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad would be allowed to operate busses between Lykens and […]
The Elizabethville Connection to the Halifax Bank Robbery, 1901
The Elizabethville Echo of Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, did not normally use such large, bold-faced print in its headlines. But the weekly edition of the newspaper was compelled in its […]
John Irwin Billman – Spanish American War Veteran – Died 1934
John Irwin Billman, a veteran of the Spanish American War, died on 19 June 1934 in Kansas City, Missouri, but according to research, he spent his early years in Elizabethville, […]
History of the Local Draft Board at Elizabethville, World War I
The following article appeared in the Elizabethville Echo, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 20 March 1919. While it is not really a comprehensive history of the local draft board that was […]