Articles Promoting the Ku Klux Klan Rally in Harrisburg, 1925
Many articles appeared in local and area newspapers to promote the Ku Klux Klan rally that was planned for Labor Day 1925 in Harrisburg. As was later shown from the […]
Lykens – Market Street Bridge to Wiconisco
An undated photo post card view of Market Street and the Market Street Bridge, Lykens, leading to Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as […]
The Great Pillow Fire of 1926 (3)
The following news article is from the Lykens Standard, April 23, 1926, via Newspapers.com. _______________________________________ $5,000 DAMAGE DONE IN FIRE WHICH THREATENED HEART OF PILLOW BORO; 5 COMPANIES FIGHT BLAZE […]
Lykens-Williams Valley Picnic Featured a Cake Walk and Black-Face, 1929
In 1929, at the annual rally and picnic for the Lykens-Williams Valley, the program included aviators and parachute jumps, a young lady doing black-face comedy, and an “old fashioned cake […]
Lykens – Glen Road
An undated post card view of the Glen Road, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This attraction was located south of the main part of the borough. ________________________________________ Corrections and additional information […]
Advertising the Dauphin County Klan Rally in Harrisburg, 1925
An advertisement that appeared in the Lykens Standard of September 4, 1925, for the Ku Klux Klan Day and Parade in Harrisburg on Labor Day, 1925. As was later shown […]
Sam B. Rich – Grand Dragon of Pennsylvania Ku Klux Klan Charged
In 1925, the most prominent individual in the Pennsylvania Ku Klux Klan was Samuel D. Rich. On Labor Day, September 7, 1925, a major Dauphin County Klan event was held […]
Elwood H. Miller of Lykens, 1951
A 1951 portrait photograph of Elwood H. Miller of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from the 1951 yearbook, The Spectrum, of Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, available […]