Lykens Power Plant – Construction of Furnaces, 1920
An interior view of the Lykens Power Plant of the Lykens Valley Coal Company, Short Mountain Colliery, Bear Gap, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, as it was under construction in 1920. The […]
Charles T. Mattis (1843-1917)
Charles T. Mattis, farmer and miller, was born in Mifflin Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 21 April 1943. He is a son of Isaac Mattis and Sally [Troutman] Mattis. John Mattis, […]
Rev. Christian C. Moyer (1867-1931)
Rev. Christian C. Moyer, pastor of the Evangelical churches of Elizabethville, Oakdale, Lykens and Wiconisco, was born in Blooming Glen, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 28 March 1867, a son of Christian […]
Isaiah T. Buffington (1850-1929)
Isaiah T. Buffington, senior member of the firm of Buffington and Enders, proprietors of the Elizabethville Planing Mill and Furniture Factory, and also funeral directors, was born in Upper Paxton […]
Elias “Eli” Swab (1824-1898)
Elias “Eli” Swab was born in Mifflin Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 7 October 1824. The first ancestor in the line of his family to come to America was his great-grandfather, […]
Lykens Valley Coal Company – Mine Tunnel, 1836-1869 – View 1
A view of the Lykens Valley Mine Tunnel entrance at Bear Gap, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This was the first site of commercial coal mining in the Lykens Valley and was […]
Prof. Henry G. Dornheim (1859-1932)
Professor Henry G. Dornheim, formerly principal of the public schools of Elizabethville, Pennsylvania, was born in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 7 November 1859. He is a son of Rudolph H. […]
Rev. Hugh A. Loague (1842-1916)
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 […]