From the Altoona Times, April 6, 1917: JOHNS Harry William Johns, a Pennsy brakeman, residing at Pinecroft, died at the Altoona Hospital at 2:15 o’clock yesterday afternoon of pulmonary edema, […]
Today, this young lad, a direct descendant of five generations of residents of Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, is celebrating his 80th birthday. _____________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should […]
A snapshot photograph taken in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, with four generations of the Edward Dietrich (1874-1948) and Jennie [Keiper] Dietrich (1876-1867) family. Standing are William Dietrich (1895-1977) and Kathryn […]
A colorized view of a real-photo post card portrait photograph of four generations of the Hannah [Rickert] Riegle (1847-1919) family of Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Seated are Hannah […]
From the Lykens Standard, June 22, 1906: FATAL ACCIDENT AT WILLIAMSTOWN Peter Malloy, while walking down the separator plane at Summit Branch Colliery, Williamstown, about 5 o’clock Tuesday evening, was […]
Above, a colorized newspaper photograph of the Wiconisco High School with notable adults standing in front, as published in the Lykens Register, May 31, 1901. Previously published here December 4, 2021. On May 16, […]
On March 28, 1906, a Polish immigrant living in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was instantly killed by a fall of slate at Short Mountain Colliery. Two other men were injured. […]
Above, a colorized newspaper photograph of the Wiconisco High School with notable adults standing in front, as published in the Lykens Register, May 31, 1901. Previously published here December 4, 2021. On May 16, […]