Lykens Power Plant at Short Mountain Colliery, 1922
A photograph of the Lykens Power Plant of the Short Mountain Colliery, Lykens Valley Coal Company, Bear Gap, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, about 1922, shortly after it went into full operation. […]
Unknown Woman of Specktown, 1870 (2)
A carte de visite produced around 1870 of an unknown young woman believed to be from Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This photograph was found in 1977 in the […]
Unknown Woman of Specktown, 1890 (1)
A carte de visite produced around 1870 of an unknown young woman believed to be from Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This photograph was found in 1977 in the […]
Elmer W. Romberger (1872-1942)
DIED SATURDAY WHILE HUNTING Elmer W. Romberger, age 69 years, died suddenly while hunting on his farm, a short distance north of Loyalton, Saturday morning [31 October 1942]. Mr. Romberger […]
Rose [Batdorf] Messner (1866-1942)
MRS. ROSE MESSNER Mrs. Rose Messner, age 76 years, widow of William Messner, died at the home of her son George Messner, at Williamstown, on Sunday. She is survived by […]
Anna Snyder (1893-1933)
TWO MEN HELD IN DEATH OF LYKENS WOMAN The arrest of two men by Pottsville Police, followed the death of Miss Anna Snyder, 39, of Lykens, after an autopsy revealed […]
Harry McCall (1903-1939)
LYKENS POLICE CHIEF STRUCK BY CAR; DIES TUESDAY Harry McCall, age 32 years, Lykens Chief of Police, was fatally injured when hit by an automobile at Grand Avenue and Fifth […]
Three Children Killed in Axe Murder in Lykens, 1932
THREE CHILD AXE VICTIMS BURIED SATURDAY Three child victims, hacked to death last Wednesday [12 July 1932] in their home at Lykens, by an apparently drink-crazed father were buried in […]