Good Spring – Reading Railroad Station
An undated photograph of the Good Spring railroad station on the Williams Valley Branch of the Reading Railroad. This station was located at Good Spring, Schuylkill County (milepost 121.6 on […]
Lykens – Commercial Hotel, 1894
A cover with corner card for the Commercial Hotel, H. H. Tallman, Proprietor, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Mailed 17 January 1894 with hand cancel applied at Lykens Post Office. Addressed […]
Lykens Hotel
An undated advertising photograph, probably of a parade float, for the Lykens Hotel, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo shows a model of the hotel and a banner indicating that […]
Henry Romberger & Frank Romberger Appeal for a New Trial, 1881
Almost immediately following the May 1881 verdict of the jury finding that Henry Romberger and Frank Romberger were guilty of murder in the first degree in the death of Daniel […]
New Hotel in Lykens, 1926
A front-page news article, “Our New Community Hotel at Lykens,” appeared in the Lykens Standard of 2 Jul 1926. An architect’s rendering (above) appeared with the article. ___________________________________ OUR NEW […]
A Family Member Reflects on the Daniel Troutman Murder of 1880
Prior to 1997, a Troutman descendant, Allen Troutman, reflected on the murder of Daniel Troutman in November 1880 and the trials of the perpetrators that took place in Dauphin County […]
Lykens – Negro Falsely Charged of Attacking Girls, 1927
NEGRO ACQUITTED OF ATTACKING GIRLS Rumor was prevalent Wednesday night that two girls of town were attacked about six o’clock that evening by a negro and on information given, Constable […]
Frank Rumberger – A Narrative of His Career in Crime
As part of the coverage of the execution of Frank Rumberger and Henry Rumberger for the murder of Daniel Troutman, the Harrisburg Telegraph on 27 January 1882 published the interview […]