Some Fires In Vicinity of Woodside Station
Firefighters work to contain and extinguish a mountainside fire on the north side of Berries Mountain, near Woodside Station in 1935. This fire was one of many that occurred in […]
Upper Dauphin High School – Mary Kathryn Brosius, 1964
A 1964 colorized portrait photograph of Mary Kathryn Brosius, a member of the senior class of the Upper Dauphin High School, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ From the 1964 yearbook, La Memoria, of […]
Coaldale – One Arrested in Attempted Burglary, 1906
This story of two men attempting to rob a house in Coaldale, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was reported in the Lykens Standard of November 23, 1906. One was caught and one […]
The Salem Church of Rough & Ready
The following was taken from a talk by Steve E. Troutman at the Gratz Historical Society meeting, October 28, 2010 held at the Simeon Lutheran Church in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________________________ Tonight I want […]
Williamstown – Market Street Scene (3)
An undated post card view of Market Street, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Note the trolley and track in the center of the street. The Opera House is the three story building […]
The Water Bucket Murder, 1935
A newspaper photo from the Harrisburg Evening News, August 29, 1935, showing the arrest of John Doney by Millersburg Police Chief R. W. Stakley for the murder of Doney’s long-time-friend Michael Barnhart over the right to draw a bucket of […]
Upper Dauphin High School – David Charles Botts, 1964
A 1964 colorized portrait photograph of David Charles Botts, a member of the senior class of the Upper Dauphin High School, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ From the 1964 yearbook, La Memoria, of […]
Chicken Thieves Strike in Lykens, 1908
In its November 16, 1906, edition, the Lykens Standard reported on a chicken theft in the borough, and in doing so reminded its readers to look after those who area […]