African American Population of the Lykens Valley Area, 1860
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 […]
The Great Flood of 1972 – Rebuilding Lykens (3)
A post June 1972 photograph of the rebuilding of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Photo Caption: Connell Trailer Park on South Second Street, Lykens. Without the help of the Army Corps […]
The Great Flood of 1972- Rebuilding Lykens (2)
A post June 1972 photograph of the rebuilding of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Photo Caption: Mobile homes supplied by the Federal Government for Lykens residents whose homes were not habitable […]
The Great Flood of 1972 – Rebuilding Lykens (1)
A post June 1972 photograph of the rebuilding of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Photo Caption: Heavy equipment working in the Glen Park area to remove debris and restore eroded areas. […]
Wiconisco Township – School Directors & Teachers, 1873-1874
On 20 November 1873, the Harrisburg Telegraph published a directory of School Directors and Teachers in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, for the school year 1873-1874: Directory of the Public Schools of […]
Two Teens Charged with Elizabethville Hate Crime, 2015
Police: 2 Teens Burned Cross at Woman’s Home ELIZABETHVILLE – Two teenage boys have been charged in a cross-burning incident at the northern Dauphin County home of a black woman. […]
The Great Flood of 1972 – The Iron Bridge at Lykens Pre-Flood
A photograph of the iron bridge into Lykens from Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, taken before the flood of 22 June 1972. Photo Caption: Remember – This is how the iron […]