Elizabethville – Alleged Attack of 12-Year-Old Girl, 1912
Negro Attacks Elizabethville Girl On Sunday evening, about 8 o’clock, a big burly negro who had been stranded from the Gratz Fair attacked the 12-year-old daughter of Dewin Bechtel near […]
Lykens – Negro Falsely Charged of Attacking Girls, 1927
NEGRO ACQUITTED OF ATTACKING GIRLS Rumor was prevalent Wednesday night that two girls of town were attacked about six o’clock that evening by a negro and on information given, Constable […]
Stabbing at Lykens Carnival, 1936
NEGRO STABBED AT LOCAL CARNIVAL, TUESDAY An argument that grew out of an afternoon of drinking was marked by the serious stabbing of a young negro affiliated with the local […]
Stephen Smith (1795-1873) – Merchant and Abolitionist
Stephen Smith, an African American merchant and abolitionist, was born in slavery in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, around 1795, to Mary Smith. The name of his father was never recorded and […]
Eighth Census of the United States, 1860
In 1860, the United States conducted the Eighth Census. The total population of the country was determined to be 31, 443, 321, which represented a 35.4% increase over the Census […]
Roxie Weaver (1878-1962)
Roxie Weaver (1878-1962) was a Mulatto who was named in the census as a servant who lived with Conrad Zimmerman (1842-1930), a Civil War veteran, for the last 30 years […]
History of the Dauphin County Gallows, 1854-1882
The execution of Frank Rumberger and Henry Rumberger for the murder of Daniel Troutman at Uniontown (Pillow), Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, took place in March 1882. At that time, the Harrisburg […]
The Story of Andrew Lycans
Believed to be a portrait of Andrew Lycans, or Andrew Lykens (1701-1756), for whom Lykens Valley, Lykens Borough, and Lykens Township are named. The following story is adapted/edited from a […]