Was Wiconisco Home Destroyed by Meteor or Lightning?
The Lykens Standard, published on Friday, September 10, 1926, claimed it was a meteor, and gave the most extensive coverage to the event. The Elizabethville Echo, published the day before […]
Ku Klux Klan Charters Train from Lykens to Washington, 1925
A brief article from the Lykens Standard, July 24, 1925, indicating that the Ku Klux Klan had chartered a train to depart from Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on August 8, […]
Lykens – United Brethren Church Choir, 1925
A newspaper photograph of the choir of the United Brethren Church, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, published by the Lykens Standard, July 24, 1925. None of the individuals in the photo […]
Lykens – Railroad Depot
An undated color photograph of the Pennsylvania Railroad station or depot at Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Two tracks are adjacent to the station and a railroad crossing sign is still […]
K. K. K. Burns Cross at Lykens, 1923
At the height of the Christmas shopping season in 1923, a load blast was heard in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, followed by a large cross burning on the culm bank […]
DeRue Brothers Minstrels Perform in Lykens, 1914
A poster advertising the DeRue Brothers Ideal Minstrels, who were scheduled to perform at the Lykens Opera House, March 14, 1914. Minstrel shows were much in demand in the Lykens […]
Gratz High School – Baseball Division Champs, 1932
Gratz-Porter H. S. Scrap for Base Ball Honors With but one defeat marked against them the Gratz High School baseball team emerged winners of the lower end group of the […]
More News Briefs About the Ku Klux Klan, 1926
In 1926, the Ku Klux Klan was very active in the Lykens Valley area. Additional news briefs have been located about those activities and are given here in this blog […]