Medicare Comes to the Lykens Valley, 1966
On 30 July 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the bill that provided for doctor and hospital services for all those who paid payroll taxes who were 65 […]
Lykens Township – Shepley School Reunion, 1957
A photograph of the participants at the 18 August 1957 reunion of Shepley School Alumni, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo appeared in the Elizabethville Echo of 5 September […]
Lykens Township – Snyder Home Destroyed by Fire, 1960
Only weeks after they took possession of the old Zerbe Hotel in Loyalton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania and began operating it as Snyder’s Hotel, the Clyde Snyder farm in Lykens Township […]
Lykens Township – Crossroads Sale & Market, 1957
An advertisement for the Crossroads Sale and Auction, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Auctioneering Services AVAILABLE EVERY WEEK. Bring what you want to dispose of and we will sell it […]
Jennie [Keiper] Deitrich’s 90th Birthday, 1966
At the time of her 90th birthday on 15 February 1966, Jennie [Keiper] Deitrich was interviewed by a local newspaper at her home in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and the […]
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 […]
Charles H. Harman (1862-1926)
Charles H. Harman Squire Harman was born in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and came to Wiconisco in 1880. In 1899 he was elected Justice of the Peace of that […]
Samuel B. Romberger (1845-1921)
The Late Samuel B. Romberger Samuel B. Romberger, was born in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 9 August 1845. He was a son of Daniel Romberger and Hannah [Bergstresser] […]