Lykens Valley Coal – When Discovered
LYKENS VALLEY COAL – WHEN DISCOVERED On a Sabbath day in the year 1825, Jacob Burd Sr., and Peter Kimes, then living at the lower end of Short Mountain, in […]
LYKENS VALLEY COAL – WHEN DISCOVERED On a Sabbath day in the year 1825, Jacob Burd Sr., and Peter Kimes, then living at the lower end of Short Mountain, in […]
An undated, colorized studio photograph of Henry Oscar Umholtz (1863-1950) and his wife Mary [Strayer] Umholtz (1862-1929), who lived in Gratz or Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, most of their […]
A 1982 post card view of the Gratz-Lykens Township Elementary School, located in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
An undated, colorized photograph of Annie Bertha [Coleman] Shaffer (1879-1934) and her mother, Amanda Louisa [Snyder] Coleman (1854-1951) standing in front of their Lykens Valley home, possibly in Gratz, Dauphin […]
ZERBE CHILD DIES IN HOSPITAL Peter Zerbe, 18 monts old son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Zerbe, Lykens R. D. 1, was pronounced dead on arrival at the Pottsville Hospital […]
A newspaper advertisement from the Valley Citizen, Valley View, February 7, 1952, for Leitzel’s Garage, Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. 1000 – TIME TO CHANGE OIL! At the first […]
A button issued for the 1989 Simon Gratz Days, the 6th Annual Show, held in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, July 1-2, 1989. The button features an image of an antique […]
A short news item appeared in the Lykens Register of October 31, 1873, noting the following: The old frame schoolhouse near Buffington’s mill in Lykens Township, has been supplanted by […]