Sarah [Rowe] Saylor (1820-1900) – Goes to Almshouse & Dies
The grave marker of Sarah [Rowe] Saylor (1820-1900) at Union or Citizens Cemetery, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The story of the last days of Mrs. Saylor was told in two […]
Wiconisco Iron Works, 1872
An advertisement from the Lykens Register, January 26, 1872, for the Wiconisco Iron Works, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. WICONISCO IRON WORKS (Formerly Foster, Savage & Barrett) SNYDER & ERDMAN, Proprietors ARE PREPARED TO […]
William Row (1825-1901) – Miner and Mail Carrier
WILLIAM ROW William Row, another aged and highly esteemed citizen of Wiconisco died Tuesday evening at 9:15 o’clock of heart failure, after an illness of several weeks. Deceased was born […]
Wiconisco Miner Dies in Fall Down Slope, 1962
MINER DIES AS RESULT FALL DOWN SLOPE An independent miner who was injured in a 60-foot fall down a slope at Bear Valley mining operation Thursday, September 20 [1962], died […]
Lykens – Early Postmasters, 1857-1957
A page from the official register, U. S. Appointments of Postmasters, showing some of the appointments of postmasters in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The bottom line indicates that Josiah Bowman Jr. […]
Lykens – History of the Post Office, 1857-1932
The first post office in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was established in 1857 on Main Street, in a building known as “ten pin alley,” which was located just to the […]
Wiconisco – Mossop Hosiery Mills, 1902
The following article appeared in the Lykens Standard, November 28, 1902, describing the Mossop Hosiery Mills of Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. _______________________________________________ A GREAT INDUSTRY Hosiery Mills of Issac Mossop […]
Dog Attacks Woman in Wiconisco, 1968
DOG ATTACKS WICONISCO LADY LAST FRIDAY A Wiconisco woman was admitted to Polyclinic Hospital on Friday after her dog turned on her and mauled her, hospital authorities reported. Mrs. Gertrude […]