Loyalton – Sunday School Picnic in the Woods, 1924
A photograph of a Sunday School picnic in 1924 n the woods at Loyalton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Only one person in the photograph has been identified – the child in […]
Jonathan S. Zerbe – Family Picnic in Loyalton
An undated photograph of the Jonathan S. Zerbe family at a picnic in Loyalton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This photograph was submitted by Sharman Meck-Carroll, the great-grand niece of Jonathan S. […]
The Great Gratz Fire of 1924 as Reported by Local Historian C. H. Willier
In 1955 for the Gratz Sesqucentennial, Clayton H. Willier, a local historian and a member of the souvenir book committee, penned a history of the Great Gratz Fire of 1924. […]
Joseph Keen Killed on Railroad Tracks at Elizabethville, 1900
From the Elizabethville Echo of 29 March 1900 came the news of a fatal accident along the railroad tracks at Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania: A very sad accident occurred on […]
Seasons Greetings from Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. Barto, 1950s
Photographic Christmas cards became popular in the 1950s. The above card that pictured the large stately home at 12 W. Main Street, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was sent by Dr. […]
The Death of Frederick Weaver of Elizabethville, 1898
The Elizabethville Echo, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, produced a special one page insert to its 10 November 1898 edition which memorialized Frederick Weaver and noted his significant contributions to the […]
Lykens Township – Snyder Home Destroyed by Fire, 1960
Only weeks after they took possession of the old Zerbe Hotel in Loyalton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania and began operating it as Snyder’s Hotel, the Clyde Snyder farm in Lykens Township […]
Albert W. Williams – Killed at Short Mountain Colliery, 1899
The death of Albert Williams was reported in the Elizabethville Echo, 6 July 1899: Killed at Lykens Lykens, 3 July 1899 — Albert W. Williams, a young man about 25 […]