Attempted Train Wreck Near Woodside Station, 1928
A quick-reacting engineer brought a morning passenger train to a halt on April 1928 near Woodside Station on the Lykens Valley Railroad, just barely averting the derailment of the locomotive […]
Highway Robbery Near Loyalton, 1906
The dangers of traveling the back roads of the Lykens Valley at night became evident to Frank Wiest, a butcher. He was brutally attacked and robbed in September 1906 near […]
David Reese Crushed to Death at Short Mountain Colliery, 1906
The tragic death of David Reese which occurred on January 3, 1906, at Short Mountain Colliery near Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was reported in an obituary that appeared in the […]
Williamstown – Market Street Scene (1)
An undated post card view of Market Street, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Note the trolley, track and overhead wire. _____________________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to […]
Millersburg – Early Aviation at Robinson Field (2)
A photograph said to have been taken on Easter Sunday (year not identified) at Robinson Field, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from a scrapbook in which the following […]
Mahantongo Valley
Nestled in the pocket of the Blue Mountains of the Appalachians, the Mahantongo Valley extends east from the Susquehana River for seventeen miles. Bordered to the north by Line Mountain, it extends […]
Williamstown Caretaker & Janitor -Albert Karpatis
An undated snapshot photograph (colorized) of William Karpatis of Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Karpatis was said to be the janitor of the Catholic School and the caretaker of the Catholic […]
Millersburg – Early Aviation at Robinson Field
An undated photograph of three bi-planes parked outside a hangar at Robinson Field, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This field was dedicated in 1930, so this photo could have been taken […]