This blog post presents “whiskey-related” information from the Henry Keiser Diary. Henry was a Civil War soldier from Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ______________________________________________ The print of a political cartoon shown […]
An undated photograph of Long’s Church and Cemetery, south of Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The cemetery is till there (along Route 147), but the church building is long gone, being […]
On a Sunday in April 1952, State Police raided both veterans’ organizations in Halifax (VFW & American Legion), Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and seized slot machines and other gambling paraphernalia, and […]
A photograph of the 1938 public works painting by John W. Beauchamp, titled “The Ride of Rachel Silverthorn.” The painting hangs in the Muncy Post Office, Muncy, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. […]
GUNNER’S SUDDEN DEATH Phaon Heinbach, while out gunning for game on Thursday, last (the opening of the rabbit season) in Batdorf’s Swamp, a half mile north of Pine Grove, in […]
An undated photo post card view (colorized) of a parade float of the Eagle Iron Works, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The occasion for the parade is not known nor are […]
According to an 1805 state law, mechanical gambling devices were prohibited in Pennsylvania. Slot machines, which fell under the restrictions of that law, while illegal, were very popular and saw […]
From the West Schuylkill Herald, June 17, 1921, comes this story of how officials tried to stop the popular nude bathing at Red Bridge, near Orwin, Porter Township, Schuylkill County, […]