Racist Lodge Dedicates Its New Hall in Gratz, 1873
A photograph taken around 1887 of the Odd Fellows building in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The building, which was built in 1872, was formally dedicated in June 1873, with elaborate […]
The Porter Tunnel Mine Disaster, 1977 (1)
The front page of the West Schuylkill Herald for March 3, 1977, a weekly newspaper published in Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The articles in that paper are related to […]
Proposed Lykens Valley Country Club, 1929
PROPOSED COUNTRY CLUB BUILDING A special meeting of members of the Lykens Valley Country Club was held at Hotel Lykens recently. A 50-acre farm situated two miles west of Lykens […]
Millersburg – Improved Order of Red Men, Tahoe Tribe No. 432
An ornate membership certificate for the Improved Order of Red Men, a racist, whites-only organization with a “tribe” in Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. According to Wikipedia: The group’s ritual terminology […]
A Brief History of the Ku Klux Klan in Pennsylvania, to 1965
On April 22, 1965, the Sunbury Daily Item published an Associated Press piece by Lee Linder which gave a brief history of the Ku Klux Klan in Pennsylvania. Although it […]
Cross Burnings & Explosions Signaled New Ku Klux Klan Era in Northumberland County, 1924
An article that appeared in the Sunbury Daily Item on February 24, 1924, told of two large explosions followed by two burning crosses in the area around Sunbury, Northumberland County, […]
50th Anniversary Dauphin County Volunteer Firemen Convention, 1968
A badge produced for the 50th Anniversary Volunteer Firemen’s Convention of Dauphin County, held at Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and hosted by Liberty Hose Company No. 2 of Lykens, June […]
Lykens – Liberty Hose Company No. 2 Badge
An undated badge for a firefighter from Liberty Hose Company No. 2, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. _______________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.