Lykens Township – The Cyclone of 1910
In June 1910, a cyclone or tornado struck the Lykens Valley area doing a great amount of damage in the Halifax area, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The above photo, originally from […]
Fire at Snyder Lumber Mill Near Woodside, 1928
From the Elizabethville Echo, April 26, 1928, a news story about a fire which started in a grass field near a saw mill between Woodside Station and Millersburg and spread […]
Some Happenings In and Around Lenker Station
A map showing the location of Lenkers, also known as Lenker’s Station, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (violet dot). The station was located on the Lykens Valley Railroad between Millersburg and Elizabethville. […]
Miner Dies After Being Run Over By Mining Car, 1906
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 […]
Invalid Civil War Vet Robbed of Pension Money, 1906
HENRY BORDNER ROBBED Henry Bordner, a decrepit veteran of the Civil War, who lived alone in the upper end of Paul’s Valley, was robbed about three weeks ago of $30 […]
Lower Mahanoy Township Bicentennial, 1773-1973
A souvenir plate issued in 1973 for the Bicentennial of Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. The plate features the following scenes, clockwise from top: In the center of the […]
Organized Baseball in the Lykens Valley, 1906
An article in the Lykens Standard of June 29, 1906 describes the second year of organized baseball in the Lykens Valley area. The teams in the league were formed by […]
Miner Runs Away from Hospital After Accident, 1906
From the Lykens Standard, May 25, 1906: CARS DASH DOWN SLOPE, INJURING THREE MINERS Saturday night while a car and timber truck containing 19 men were waiting at the bottom […]