Loyalton Fire – Mrs. Bruner’s Cow Kicks Lantern, 1932
From the Lykens Standard of November 4, 1932, comes this story of how Mrs. Bruner’s cow kicked a lantern in the barn and a started a fire that totally destroyed […]
Enders – Armstrong Grange
An undated badge from the Armstrong Grange No. 1885, Enders, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. “Patrons of Husbandry” ________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
Klingerstown Mill, 1952
A newspaper advertisement from the Valley Citizen, Valley View, February 7, 1952, for the Klingerstown Mill, Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. FRED LEITZEL – Proprietor __________________________________ ARMOUR’S FERTILIZERS The fertilizer with the pep […]
Herndon – Keystone Mammoth Hatchery, 1925
A newspaper advertisement from the Herndon News, May 27, 1925, for the Keystone Mammoth Hatchery, Herndon, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. QUALITY BABY CHICKS Of High Egg Mark Strains Prices from May […]
Hegins Township – Huntsinger Farm Equipment
A newspaper advertisement from the Valley Citizen, Valley View, February 7, 1952, for Huntsinger Farm Equipment, Robert D. Chambers, Proprietor, Hegins Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. … Does your tractor start hard? […]
Specktown – Landmark Gristmill
A story of an old gristmill in the Lykens Valley appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot on April 10, 1981. The story featured a photograph of Charles A. Sitlinger, retired dairyman […]
Gratz – Umholtz Farm on Levi Marks Tract
An undated photograph of the George Umholtz Farm, west of the town center of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The farm was established on the Levi Marks tract of more than 308 acres. The […]
Gratz – Shiro Barn and Sawing Mill
An undated photograph (probably from around 1900) of the barn and sawing mill of the Shiro family of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. None of the individuals pictured are identified. _____________________________________________ […]