Harry E. Pike (1871-1933)
HALIFAX MAN ENDS LIFE WITH BULLET MONDAY The body of Harry Pike, 61, of Halifax, was found in a chicken house on the property of Guy L. Heckert, tombstone manufacturer […]
The Murder of Charles Roland at Wiconisco, 1865
From the Pittsburgh Gazette, 8 August 1865: A Mysterious Death A well-known farmer names Charles Roland met with a sudden an mysterious death at his home in Wiconisco, Dauphin County, […]
Three Children Killed in Axe Murder in Lykens, 1932
THREE CHILD AXE VICTIMS BURIED SATURDAY Three child victims, hacked to death last Wednesday [12 July 1932] in their home at Lykens, by an apparently drink-crazed father were buried in […]
Thomas A. Umholtz (1888-1919) – World War I Letter From Camp
Thomas Adam Umholtz was born 16 December 1888 in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of Jesse Umholtz (1845-1894) and Mary Ann [Ritzman] Umholtz (1852-1939). On 25 February 1918 […]
Renovation of the Theodore Gratz House, 1970s
A late 1970s photograph of the exterior of the Theodore Gratz House, south side of West Market Street, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The house was built before 1840 and was […]
Elizabethville – Fauber & Snyder Cemetery Memorials, 1949
In 1949, Fauber and Snyder Cemetery Memorials of Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, provided a marker for the grave of Emery Kroh who died in 1930 and was buried in the […]
Lykens – Israel Building, 2015
Photographs of the Israel Building, northeast corner of Main Street and Market Streets in Israel Building, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, as it appeared about 2015 prior to its renovation. These photographs […]
The Polish Row Murders, 1918
A story of two men who were killed in a knife fight on Easter Eve 1918, at Polish Row, a housing area for miners in Wiconisco Township, near Lykens, Dauphin […]