Soul Brothers – Musical Group from the Lykens Valley, 1969
A 1969 newspaper photograph of the Soul Brothers, a musical group from the Lykens Valley. The Lykens Standard of February 13, 1969, reported that the group was booked for performance […]
A 1969 newspaper photograph of the Soul Brothers, a musical group from the Lykens Valley. The Lykens Standard of February 13, 1969, reported that the group was booked for performance […]
GRATZ HAS BIG FIRE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING NO FIRE FIGHTING APPARATUS, FIVE TOWNS SENT HELP The whole town of Gratz, six hundred population was threatened by a fire on Tuesday […]
VERA I. [SCHWALM] KIMMEL (1921-2021) Vera I. Kimmel, age 100, of Valley View, passed away Thursday, October 7, 2021, at Tremont Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on Friday, […]
A portrait of Gov. Arthur H. James (1883-1973), a Republican who took the side of the “bootleg” miners in the debate over strip mining in the southern anthracite coal fields. […]
The story that appeared in the Elizabethville Echo of November 6, 1924 describing the Great Gratz Fire, differed only in the fact that it speculated as to how the fire […]
The stamped corner of a penny post card mailed at Valley View Post Office, Valley View, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, December 17, 1907, 4 P. M. _______________________________ Corrections and additional information […]
In 1925, 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 […]
An undated advertising ash tray from Valley View Quality Beverages, Valley View, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Ice — Beer — Soda _________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments […]