Ruth A. Warfel (1936-1938) – Killed By Truck
CHILD FATALLY INJURED IN ACCIDENT FRIDAY Ruth Warfel, two year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Warfel, was fatally injured in an accident near their home in Small Valley […]
Local Reminiscences for Home Historians – February 2, 1905
Seventh in a series of nine 1904-1905 newspaper articles in which two old-timers are portrayed reminiscing about the Lykens Valley of the past. The two fictional characters, the “old railroader” […]
Magdalena [Fawber] Hoffner (1822-1909)
Mrs. Magdalena Hoffner, nee Fawber, died at her home near the Mountain House [Jackson Township], on Wednesday, June 23rd [1909] after an illness of several years. Her age was 86 […]
Amanda [Rickert] Hoover (1839-1926)
An undated photo post card view believed to be of Amanda “Mandy” [Rickert] Hoover (1839-1926) of Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Amanda “Mandy” Rickert, born 20 May 1839, Specktown, […]
Rev. Oscar E. Pflueger – Lutheran Minister of the Lykens Valley
Rev. Oscar E. Pflueger served as minister of Simeon Lutheran Church, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 1889-1902. Oscar E. Pflueger was born 11 March 1861, a son of James L. Pflueger […]
Milton A. Miller (1859-1937) – Editor of “Elizabethville Echo” & W. J. Bryan “Double”
M. A. MILLER EDITOR OF “THE ECHO” PASSED AWAY FRIDAY Milton A. Miller, passed away at his home, North Market Street [Elizabethville], early Friday morning April 2, 1937, aged 77 […]
The Halifax Schools
A 215-page-book, A Dream Fulfilled: Boyer Memorial School and a History of Other Halifax Schools Throughout the Centuries, 1794 Forward, by Pearl Bretz Hane, was published in 2014 by the […]
Eighth Census of the United States, 1860
In 1860, the United States conducted the Eighth Census. The total population of the country was determined to be 31, 443, 321, which represented a 35.4% increase over the Census […]