Jonathan H. Eby – Lykens Borough School Board, 1908
JONATHAN H. EBY Of the six members composing the Lykens Borough School Board today, three are graduates of the high school – one of whom, Jonathan H. Eby, is secretary […]
Henry Feindt – Postmaster of Lykens, 1908
As postmaster of Lykens since 1902, Henry Feindt has proved one of the most satisfactory official the borough has ever had. Mr. Feindt is one of the old, substantial citizens […]
Lykens Valley Overrun with Rats, 1934
In 1934, the Lykens Valley had a rat problem. Rats were everywhere, and the residents, in cooperation with the County and Federal government, devised a plan to completely eradicate them. […]
History of Lykens to 1908
A birds-eye view of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, taken about 1899. The photograph was featured as part of an article titled “History of Lykens,” that appeared in a special Souvenir […]
Harrisburg – Dr. Mills and the Landmark Abortion Cases, 1849-1850
In 1849, Jonathan Gibbon Mills, a Harrisburg area dentist, was charged by sisters of the following crimes: (1) by Mary Elizabeth Lutz, with seduction on a promise to marry; (2) […]
Gordon Post Office, 1913 (2)
The stamped corner of a penny post card mailed at the Gordon Post Office, Gordon, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, November 3, 1913, at 6 p. m. _________________________________ Corrections and additional information […]
Early Colonial History
The first of four pages of the Charter issued to William Penn in 1681 for the Colony of Pennsylvania. The portrait (or cartouche) in the upper left corner is of […]
Indian History of Schuylkill County
Benjamin West‘s painting in 1771 of William Penn‘s 1682 treaty with the Lenape Indians. The early history of Indians in the area known today as Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, is told […]