Hotel Koppenhaver Used as “Hospital,” 1911
On September 12, 1911, a visitor to Millersburg was seized with an epileptic fit. Having nowhere else to take him, townsmen carried him to the Hotel Koppenhaver where he was […]
Man Gets 2 Years for 1905 Attempted Train Wreck
“William Lenhart, of Dauphin, was on Tuesday sentenced by Judge Kunkel to two years’ solitary confinement at hard labor in the Eastern Penitentiary, at Philadelphia, and to pay costs and […]
Millersburg – Hotel Koppenhaver Lobby, 1910
A photograph taken around 1910 (and recently colorized) of the lobby of the Hotel Koppenhaver, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The two men in the photo are not identified, but the […]
Upper Paxton Township – Neagley’s School Trip to Lover’s Rock
An undated photograph taken at Lover’s Rock near Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, of the students of Keefer’s School, Upper Paxton Township. After performing clean-up duties on the last day of […]
Millersburg – Man Drops Dead During Breakfast at Hotel, 1915
Brief articles that appeared in Harrisburg newspapers on March 8, 1915, and the Lykens Standard, told of the sudden death of Cornelius Fralick, a 64 year old Millersburg resident and […]
Navy Dirigible Flies Near Lykens Valley, 1928
September 1, 1928 – On a trip to Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, to participate in the dedication of the new airport at that place, the largest airship/dirigible in the Navy, […]
Grand Opening of Millersburger Hotel, 1932
The Grand Opening of the Millersburger Hotel took place on July 16, 1932 at Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It was announced in the Harrisburg Telegraph with the above ad that […]
Harrisburg – McKinley Funeral Train, 1901
On September 6, 1901, President William McKinley was shot on the grounds of the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Eight days later he died of gangrene which resulted from the gunshot […]