On 29 July 1910, the Harrisburg Telegraph announced the awarding of contracts for the construction of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad along with expectations as to when the work would begin: […]
The Harrisburg Evening News, in its article of 28 November 1924 describing the dedication of the Lykens Valley Pioneer Monument, included the names of the attendees: DEDICATE SHAFT TO PIONEER […]
MRS. ELIZABETH T. ADAMS Mrs. Elizabeth T. Adams, age 74 years, of Millersburg, died in a Harrisburg hospital last Thursday. She had been in ill health more than a year. […]
In September 1911, the foreign workers who were employed in the construction of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad went on strike at Millersburg and were discharged by their employer, the Pinkerton […]
An undated portrait of Martin P. Schaffner, who was born in Loyalton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 29 October 1836, the son of John Henry Schaffer Sr. and his wife Susanna Schaffner. […]
In 1952, the Dormar Manufacturing Company, operators of the Gratz Shirt Factory, sustained a major loss when a relatively new building was destroyed by fire. The fire was reported in […]
Any thought that the construction of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad would bring jobs to the Lykens Valley was quickly dispelled by the employment of foreign labor to construct the line […]
A photograph of the Millersburg High School, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, as it appeared in the school yearbook, The Susquehannock, in 1945. _____________________________ A digital copy of The Susquehannock, 1945, […]