The William Dietrich and Helen [Hoffman] Dietrich homestead is located along Specktown Road, Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The home and property originally belonged to Hannah [Rickert] Riegle, […]
Rev. Hugh A. Loague, pastor of Sacred Heart Church, Williamstown, Pennsylvania, was born in County Donegal, Ireland, 2 June 1842. He is a son of Francis Loague, a native of […]
Short Mountain Colliery: Timeline 1920-1929 1920: January 29th, the new washery began to operate. Purchased 10” x 18” conveyor line for washery to reclaim slush bank south of washery. The […]
Short Mountain Colliery: Timeline 1910-1919 1910: Purchased new water heater for Bull boiler house. Constructed coal pockets for Bull boiler house. Erected new ash conveyor at Bull boiler house. Erected […]
Short Mountain Colliery: Timeline 1900-1909 1900: Placed set of rolls in Breaker to break down broken and egg coal. Purchased Blake slush pump, 12” x 8” x 17.” Trestle 40 […]
Sumner S. Bowman, attorney-at-law, was born in Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 9 February 1867, son of Simon S. Bowman and Annie P. [Jackson] Bowman. His parents had seven children: Sumner […]
Williams Township was officially created on 7 February 1869. In 1869, the township area was separated from Wiconisco Township, which it had been part of since 1840. Prior to being […]
Franklin Jury CHRONOLOGY From an obituary that appeared in a local newspaper at the time his death, about August 1945: WICONISCO, 23 August 1945 — A military funeral will be […]