John P. “Frank” Sholey (1876-1948) – Halifax Bank Robber
JOHN P. “FRANK” SHOLEY It is difficult to determine who this person actually was and what was his real name. Has been variously reported as F. B. Sholey, Frank Sholey, […]
John Henry Rowe (1879-1902) – Halifax Bank Robber
JOHN HENRY ROWE Henry Rowe was born in Perry County, Pennsylvania. His father, John Rowe, a coal miner, arrived in United States from Cornwall, England, in 1865, at the end of the […]
Lykens – Flobert Rifle Ban, 1906
On March 30, 1906, the Lykens Standard reported on an incident in which Elijah Dietrich (1871-1965) and his family were subjected to a bullet crashing through a window in their […]
Elizabethville – Wedding of Princess Elizabeth & Lieutenant Philip, 1947
A philatelic commemoration of the wedding of Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary with Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, R. N. [Royal Navy], Thursday November 20, 1947, at Westminster Abbey, London. […]
Millersburg – Collision on Railroad Kills Three, 1905
“ACCIDENT NEAR MILLERSBURG: A rear end collision occurred last Sunday morning, about four o’clock, one mile south of Millersburg, when Erie Mail No. 3 north bound ran into the caboose […]
Halifax – Plane Crash Injures Two, 1955
A small plane crash near Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in 1955, resulted in the destruction of the plane and injuries to the pilot and passenger. The event was reported in […]
Weston Merrit Keiper (1879-1902) – Halifax Bank Robber
WESTON MERRITT KEIPER Weston Merritt Keiper, born in 1879, was the oldest son of William Henry Keiper and Susanna [Row] Keiper of Lykens. Weston’s father, William Henry Keiper, was a coal miner, who was described as […]
The Route of the McKinley Funeral Train, 1901
A photograph taken when the McKinley Funeral Train was entering Harrisburg, September 16, 1901. The train had begun its journey earlier in the morning at Buffalo, New York, and was […]