The McKinley Funeral Train at Harrisburg, 1901
A photograph taken on September 16, 1901, of the Funeral Train of President William McKinley as it slowly passed North Street, Harrisburg, on its way to the depot. Elaborate preparations […]
“It would have been better if Mr. Ryan had not seized the pistol….”
On 14 March 1901, a Civil War veteran, Charles W. Ryan was shot and killed during a robbery at the Halifax National Bank in Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, by one of the two men committing […]
Man Gets 2 Years for 1905 Attempted Train Wreck
“William Lenhart, of Dauphin, was on Tuesday sentenced by Judge Kunkel to two years’ solitary confinement at hard labor in the Eastern Penitentiary, at Philadelphia, and to pay costs and […]
Man Killed on Williams Valley Railroad, 1906
“Hop” Evans, was run down and killed on the Williams Valley Railroad Friday evening by the train reaching there at 7:42 o’clock.… the man’s body was frightfully mangled. His legs […]
Navy Dirigible Flies Near Lykens Valley, 1928
September 1, 1928 – On a trip to Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, to participate in the dedication of the new airport at that place, the largest airship/dirigible in the Navy, […]
Millersburg – Man Drops Dead During Breakfast at Hotel, 1915
Brief articles that appeared in Harrisburg newspapers on March 8, 1915, and the Lykens Standard, told of the sudden death of Cornelius Fralick, a 64 year old Millersburg resident and […]
Wiconisco – Fire Destroys First Baptist Church, 1906
A newspaper photograph of the First Baptist Church, Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo appeared as part of an article in the Lykens Standard, January 12, 1906, in which the […]
Lykens – Hensel’s Store Burglarized, 1906
This story of the overnight robbery of Thomas A. Hensel‘s clothing store at the main square, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, is from the Lykens Standard, December 14, 1906. The story […]