Hotel Koppenhaver Used as “Hospital,” 1911
On September 12, 1911, a visitor to Millersburg was seized with an epileptic fit. Having nowhere else to take him, townsmen carried him to the Hotel Koppenhaver where he was […]
Berrysburg Post Office, 1858
The front and back of an envelope/cover mailed from the post office at Berrysburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, hand canceled, February 1, 1858. The envelope is addressed to Miss Malinda Bohland, […]
“It would have been better if Mr. Ryan had not seized the pistol….”
On 14 March 1901, a Civil War veteran, Charles W. Ryan was shot and killed during a robbery at the Halifax National Bank in Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, by one of the two men committing […]
Lykens Church Gets New Pipe Organ, 1906
From the Lykens Standard, September 7, 1906: THE NEW LUTHERAN PIPE ORGAN August Bauer, of the Barckhoff Church Organ Company, of Pomeroy, Ohio, completed the erection of the pipe organ […]
The McKinley Funeral Train at Harrisburg, 1901
A photograph taken on September 16, 1901, of the Funeral Train of President William McKinley as it slowly passed North Street, Harrisburg, on its way to the depot. Elaborate preparations […]
Georgetown (Dalmatia) Pennsylvania Railroad Station
A undated post card view of the Pennsylvania Railroad Station at Georgetown, later known as Dalmatia, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. _________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
Man Gets 2 Years for 1905 Attempted Train Wreck
“William Lenhart, of Dauphin, was on Tuesday sentenced by Judge Kunkel to two years’ solitary confinement at hard labor in the Eastern Penitentiary, at Philadelphia, and to pay costs and […]
Upper Paxton Township – Neagley’s School
An undated photograph of the teacher and students of Neagley’s School, Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The teacher is Jennie Bair. The students who attended Neagley’s School in the year […]