Elizabethville – Enterprise Hosiery Mill Fire, 1927
From the Elizabethville Echo, 24 November 1927: One Of Town’s Largest Industries Swept By Flames ENTERPRISE HOSIERY MILL GUTTED BY FIRE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING LOSS ESTIMATED AT $40,000 IN BLAZE […]
Charles G. Riegle (1876-1913) – Killed at Short Mountain Colliery
An undated portrait photograph of Charles Gerome Riegle (1876-1913), who was born in Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 10 October 1876, the son of Harrison Riegle (1840-1899) and Hannah […]
Rev. Jeremiah Schindel – Lutheran Minister of the Lykens Valley
Rev. Jeremiah Schindel served as minister of Simeon Lutheran Church, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 1865-1870. Jeremiah Schindel was the eldest child of Rev. John P. Schindel Sr. He was born […]
Pillow – Troutman’s Gap Service Station & Store, 1972
A 1972 advertising photograph of Troutman’s Gap ARCO Service Station & Store, Pillow, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The proprietor was Richard L. Troutman, who graduated from high school in 1946. ___________________________________ […]
Pillow – Troutman’s Oil Service, 1972
A 1972 advertising photograph of the facility of Troutman’s Oil Service, Pillow, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Troutman’s Oil Service was a distributor of ARCO products. Their slogan was: “You can’t beat […]
Second Trials of Henry Romberger & Frank Romberger, 1881 (2)
Part 2 of 6. In October 1881, new trials began for Henry Romberger and Frank Romberger, who had been previously been convicted of the murder of Daniel Troutman; the new […]
Second Trials of Henry Romberger & Frank Romberger, 1881 (1)
Part 1 of 6. In October 1881, new trials began for Henry Romberger and Frank Romberger, who had been previously been convicted of the murder of Daniel Troutman; the new […]
A Family Member Reflects on the Daniel Troutman Murder of 1880
Prior to 1997, a Troutman descendant, Allen Troutman, reflected on the murder of Daniel Troutman in November 1880 and the trials of the perpetrators that took place in Dauphin County […]