William H. “Bill” Byerly – Baseball Star & World War II Veteran
William H. “Bill” Byerly was a widely-known, highly-talented baseball player in the Lykens Valley area in the decade of the 1930s and into the early 1940s. In 1932, he was […]
Lykens Air Circus, 1930
The front page of the Lykens Standard of August 29, 1930, heralded the Air Circus that was about to take place in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on August 30 and […]
Five Injured in Bus Crash North of Halifax, 1943
In February 1943, on a return trip to the Lykens Valley from the Middletown Air Depot, a bus operated by the Williams Valley Transportation crashed into a bridge north of […]
Wiconisco – First Baptist Church, 1906
A 1906 newspaper photo of the First Baptist Church of Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. On December 31, 1905, the First Baptist Church of Wiconisco, became debt fee and used the […]
Lykens High School – Class of 1911
A newspaper photograph of the Class of 1911, Lykens High School, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This photo appeared in the Lykens Standard, August 26, 1910, with the following caption: THE […]
Rainfall Results in Railroad Delays, 1924
Flooding has always been a problem in the Lykens Valley area, particularly after a period of heavy rains. This episode was reported in the West Schuylkill Herald of October 3, […]
Lykens & Wiconisco Diamond Jubilee, 1913
A 1913 souvenir badge from the Lykens & Wiconisco Diamond Jubilee, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The badge features a picture mining car with men going into or coming out of a […]
Charles J. Price – First Dauphin County Mine Inspector, 1906
DAUPHIN COUNTY’S FIRST MINE INSPECTOR IN OFFICE Charles J. Price of this place [Lykens] on Monday assumed the duties of Dauphin County’s first mine inspector, a position to which he […]