A Treasured Family Photo from 1888
There is an interesting provenance to this photograph of the Harrison and Hannah Riegle family of Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. And, this is another story about how family […]
Tintype Memories from the Gratz Fair, 1872
Tintype photography achieved its greatest popularity in the 1860s and 1870s when practitioners of this art traveled to country fairs and set up temporary studios, where for a small fee, […]
Lykens Township – Revolutionary War Monument Dedication, 1930
On 24 November 1930, the Harrisburg Evening News reported on the dedication of the Revoutionary War Monument at the Hoffman Cemetery in Lykens Township, Dauphin County. The post office address […]
Lykens Township – Revolutionary War Monument
The Lykens Township Revolutionary War Memorial is located at the St. Peter (Hoffman) Church Cemetery, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. During the term of Pennsylvania Governor John Stuchell Fisher, 1827-1931, […]
Lykens Township – Geise School Teachers, 1854-1954
The Geise School, or Gise School as it was also known, was in existence in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, from about 1854 to 1954, but not necessarily housed in […]
Lykens Township – Geise School, 1924
This photograph was taken in 1924 of the pupils of the Geise School in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The teacher, standing upper right, is Henry E. Wenrich, who served […]
Norman Riegle at Undertaker’s School
Norman Riegle was born on 4 October 1886 in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of Harrison Riegle (1840-1899) and Hannah [Rickert] Riegle (1847-1919). Norman’s parents were born and […]
Martin Rickert (1804-1871) & Elizabeth “Betsy” Yerges (1813-1877)
MARTIN RICKERT was born in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on 17 September 1804, the son of JOHANN HARTMAN RICKERT (1780-1828), an immigrant from Bavaria, and CATHERINE [LUBOLD] RICKERT […]