The cover of the souvenir edition of The Bicentennial Book: Upper Paxton Township, 1767-1967. In 175 pages, it is a “review of the historical background and development of Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Early History of Events Leading to the Settling of Upper Paxton Township
- Early History
- The Indians
- English Traders and Outposts
- Scull’s Map with family Tree
- The First Ethnic Groups
- Local Government
- Indian Land Purchases
- Indian Depredations
- Frontier Defense
- Frontier War
- Lykens Valley Settling
- Upper Paxton Township Erected
Other Valleys of the Original Upper
- Fishing Creek Valley
- Armstrong Valley
- Mahantongo Valley
Travel and Transportation
- The Early Days
- A Century and a Half of Roads
- The Automobile Changes Things
- The Lykens Valley Railroad
- The Wiconisco Feeder Canal
- The Northern Central Railway
- An Unfulfilled Hope
- The Midland Pennsylvania Railroad
- Covered Bridges
- Trails and Turnpikes
Churches
- Salem Evangelical Church
- David’s United Church of Christ
- Free Grace Brethren in Christ
- Zion’s Union Church of Rife
- Forney’s Evangelical United Brethren
- Killinger‘s Jacobs E. U. B.
- Paxton Bible Church
- Assembly of God
- St. Peter’s United Church of Christ
- St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran
- St. Peter’s (Fetterhoff’s)
- Zion’s Church at Erdman
- Halifax Methodist
- Millersburg Methodist
- Trinity United Church of Christ
- Grace Evangelical United Brethren
- St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran
Schools in Upper Paxton Township
Agriculture and Industry
- Agriculture
- Industry
Organizations
- History of the Supervisors of Upper Paxton Township
- Parent-Teacher Associations
- Pleasant Hill Grange
- Farm Women Group II
- Veterans of Foreign Wars
- Woodmen of the World
- Boy Scouts
- Upper Paxton Township Republican Organization
- Millersburg and Upper Paxton Township Women’s Republican Organization
- Millersburg Rotary Club
- Bands
Miscellaneous Local Events and Anecdotes
- Robinson Field Airport
- Tornado – 1910
- Tornado – 1967
- Flailing Team
- Mail Carrier
- Rife Store
- Two Sisters
- Poem “The Covered Bridge”
- Cenotaph on David’s Cemetery
- A Tribute
- Cloverly Acres and Cloverly Farms Stables
Bi-Centennial Celebration
Senior Citizens
Patron List
Upper Paxton Township as of Today
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