The Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election of 1866 pitted a Union General and war hero, John W. Geary, against a avowed racist and white supremacist, Heister Clymer. Geary headed the Republican or […]
Rev. John J. Stauffer served as minister of Simeon Reformed Church, Gratz, Dauphin County, from 1891 to 1902. ________________________________ John J. Stauffer was born at Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania on […]
A snapshot photograph taken about 1942 of Harold Dietrich (1919-1988) in his World War II military uniform (Army Air Corps) standing next to his wife Quineta [Hamlin] Dietrich (1921-2013), at […]
A snapshot photograph probably taken some time in the 1920s of two Riegle sisters at the Riegle-Dietrich Homestead, Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. At left is Mable [Riegle] Evitts […]
The African American population as reported in the 1860 Census for selected areas of the Lykens Valley area is presented in today’s blog post. In 1860, African Americans were enumerated […]
Finding a complete list of all with some connection to the Lykens Valley area who served in the Revolutionary War is nearly impossible, but several attempts have been made, one […]
A set of eleven snapshot photos all taken on June 4, 1939, at the Riegle-Dietrich homestead in Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photos are all of a reunion […]
A snapshot photograph taken pre-1942 of the back porch of the Riegle-Dietrich Homestead, Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Seated on the porch is Elizabeth Catherine “Lizzie” Riegle (1872-1942). Standing […]