A 1926 photograph of the championship football team of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Identified in the photo: Front Row: Gilbert Bowman; Park Ferree*; Marlin Zinger*; Irvin Messner; George Begani; Clarence Nicklo; […]
And the Rains Came! WORST NATURAL DISASTER IN A LIFETIME Although Tower City and Porter Township, except for Sheridan, suffered less damage from water than many of the other surrounding […]
A newspaper photo and caption from the Lykens Standard, July 3, 1925. Headline: TROLLEY BRIDGE RAZED. The caption reads as follows: The trolley bridge, familiarly known by all as “the […]
Some news briefs from 1903 tell the story of a father who went west to seek his fortune, made it well, and then died. In settling the estate, the attorney […]
A newspaper photograph of the 1907 Wiconisco Baseball Team, Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo appeared in the Lykens Standard, December 12, 1968, with the following identifications: Front row: Tommy […]
BAGGAGEMASTER ARRESTED Charles Botteiger, baggage master on Day’s train on the Summit Branch road was arrested upon the arrival of the train at Lykens at 12:10 noon Thursday of last […]
An advertisement that appeared in the Lykens Standard, October 7, 1921, for the new roller skating rink in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Novelty Roller Skating Rink A PLACE TO GO […]
An undated photograph of the trolley bridge at Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The following story is from the Souvenir Book for the Wiconisco Sesquicentennial, 1839-1989: THE TROLLEY LINE During the […]