Gratz & Lykens Stores Robbed, 1925
Two clothing store burglaries occurred with a week in Lykens and Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The reports of the crimes were published in the Lykens Standard, October 23, 1925: LYKENS […]
Klingerstown – Wolfe’s General Store, 1952
A 1952 advertisement for Wolfe’s General Store, Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Star Brand and Hurd Shoes — Utica Rubbers Blue Bell and Five Brothers Work Clothing Star Dust Lingerie — […]
Klingerstown – New Bank Building Opens, 1925
In November 1925, the town of Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, celebrated the opening of a grand, new structure to house the Klingerstown State Bank. In about seven years from its […]
Memories of the Jacob Ramberger Farm
By Steve E. Troutman Jacob Ramberger (1802-1854) married Catharine Klinger (1802-1871) Conversation with Paul W. Ramberger and his wife, Barbara [Klinger] Ramberger of Turkey Hill Road, Dalmatia. With additional notes […]
Farm of Jacob Ramberger & Clara [Williams] Ramberger
By Steve E. Troutman Jacob Ramberger (1857-1918) and Clara [Williams] Ramberger (1874-1953) Farm This farm provided for the residence of three households. Clara Ramberger and Anne Erdman resided in the […]
Rough & Ready Cornet Band, 1906
By Steve E. Troutman The Rough and Ready Cornet Band poses in Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, at the red brick hotel on the square in 1906. The handsome uniformed men […]
Photo Tour of the Klingerstown Mill
The original log mill building built in 1808 had additions to the structure in later years. ________________________________________________________ Stair steps inside the front door lead to the second floor where the […]
Mahantongo Valley
Nestled in the pocket of the Blue Mountains of the Appalachians, the Mahantongo Valley extends east from the Susquehana River for seventeen miles. Bordered to the north by Line Mountain, it extends […]