Wiconisco High School, 1900
From the Lykens Register, May 17, 1900: Wiconisco’s Commencement Next Friday evening, May 25th, the second commencement of the Wiconisco High School will be held in the Methodist Episcopal Church, […]
The “Doodlebug” Experiment on the Lykens Valley Railroad, 1928
“Doodlebug” was the nickname given to gas-electric self-propelled rail cars that had a passenger seating area, a baggage or freight area, and engineer controls at the motor end. The car […]
Wiconisco – Main Street Looking East
An undated photo post card view of Main Street looking east, Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Note the trolley tracks in the center of the street. ________________________________ Corrections and additional information […]
Some Stories About the Williams Valley Transportation Company, 1937-1945
East-west passenger rail service in the Lykens Valley officially ended on October 30, 1937. The schedule formerly maintained by the old Lykens Valley Railroad and operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad, […]
William H. “Bill” Byerly – Baseball Star & World War II Veteran
William H. “Bill” Byerly was a widely-known, highly-talented baseball player in the Lykens Valley area in the decade of the 1930s and into the early 1940s. In 1932, he was […]
Wiconisco – Main Street Looking East
An undated photo post card view of Main Street, looking east, Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Note the trolley tracks in the center of the street. ________________________________ Corrections and additional information […]
Five Injured in Bus Crash North of Halifax, 1943
In February 1943, on a return trip to the Lykens Valley from the Middletown Air Depot, a bus operated by the Williams Valley Transportation crashed into a bridge north of […]
Wiconisco – First Baptist Church, 1906
A 1906 newspaper photo of the First Baptist Church of Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. On December 31, 1905, the First Baptist Church of Wiconisco, became debt fee and used the […]