Elizabethville – Death of Smallest Man in County, 1900
From the Lykens Register, May 17, 1900: Death of Smallest Man in County William Collier, probably the smallest man in statue [sic] in Dauphin County, measuring a fraction over three […]
Bad Condition of Lykens Cemetery, 1900
The condition of Union or Citizens’ Cemetery in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, led to these proposals from the Chief Burgess. From the Lykens Register, June 7, 1900: NEW QUESTION CONFRONTS […]
Newspaper Headlines of the Lytle Mine Tragedy, 1943
From the Pottsville Republican, September 24, 1943: 7 MEN TRAPPED IN LYTLE BLAST Fate Unknown; 8 Others In Hospital Badly Burned ______________________________________________________ From the Pottsville Republican, September 25, 1943: 14 […]
The Lytle Mine Tragedy, 1943
The explosion at the Lytle Colliery at Primrose, Schuylkill County, in September, 1943, resulted in the deaths of 14 miners, most of whom were from the Pottsville and Minersville area. […]
Good Spring – Three Gratz Men Killed in Mine Cave-In, 1939 (3)
The recovery of the bodies of two other miners killed in an independent (bootleg) mining operation near Good Spring, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, took place over several more days. News reports […]
Good Spring – Three Gratz Men Killed in Mine Cave-In, 1939 (2)
The Pottsville Republican of February 10, 1939, reported on the progress of the recovery of the bodies of three men buried in a mine cave-in at Good Spring, Schuylkill County, […]
Gratz – Shiro Family Home
An undated photograph (probably taken before 1900), of the Shiro Family Home, at Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. None of the individuals pictured are identified. ______________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should […]
The Mormon ‘Invasion’ of Pillow, 1900
Anti-Mormon news articles often appeared in both the Harrisburg and Lykens Valley area newspapers. From the Lykens Register, May 31, 1900: Mormons at Pillow. The Harrisburg Telegraph of last Friday, […]