Cock Fighting in the Lykens Valley – Some Brief News Articles
Cock fighting is a blood sport where birds specially raised and fitted to inflict maximum damage on their opponents square off against each other in a match where humans wager […]
Waynesville Man Killed in Auto-Bus Collision, 1958
RUFUS D. PAUL Rufus D. Paul, age 51 years, was killed in the collision of a bus and station wagon on the Hershey Road, Wednesday. Mr. Paul was a passenger […]
Local Reminiscences for Home Historians – February 2, 1905
Seventh in a series of nine 1904-1905 newspaper articles in which two old-timers are portrayed reminiscing about the Lykens Valley of the past. The two fictional characters, the “old railroader” […]
Halifax Area Board of Education, 1961
A 1961 photograph of the Board of Education of the Halifax Area Schools, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Members of the joint board pictured are: Front Row (seated): W. Sweigard; J. […]
Ida Rebecca [Hoover] Sheesley (1873-1957)
An undated cabinet card photograph of Ida Rebecca [Hoover] Sheesley (1873-1957), daughter of Henry Hoover (1834-1900) and Amanda “Mandy” [Rickert] Hoover (1839-1926). On 20 September 1896 at Enders, Dauphin County, […]
The Potato Masher Murder in Lykens, 1966
On 3 March 1966 two men got into a fight at a home in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, which resulted in the death of one of them. Charged with the […]
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 […]
Disappearance of Tracy Kroh at Millersburg, 1989 (3)
On 5 August 1989, Tracy Kroh, a 17-year-old honor student at Halifax Area High School, left her home at Enterline, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, to deliver some items to her sister […]