Ten Die in Williamstown Colliery Mine Accident, 1904 (2)
Obituaries of the ten men who died of toxic fumes in the mining accident that occurred on May 25, 1904 at the Williamstown Colliery. From the Lykens Standard, June 3, […]
Ten Die in Williamstown Colliery Mine Accident, 1904 (1)
Articles describing the mining accident that occurred on May 25, 1904 at the Williamstown Colliery, where ten men died as a result of toxic fumes in the tunnel. _______________________________________ From […]
Bear Valley Mine Explosion Kills Six, 1908 (5)
This post is part of a series of articles on the explosion that occurred at Bear Valley, No. 1 Shaft, Summit Branch Colliery, near Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, July 15, […]
The Dietrich Family in the Lykens Valley Area
An undated photograph of St. Paul’s Church, Dietrich, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ According to information published in Our Dietrich Lines (2007), a published work on the Dietrich family, there are […]
Lykens Valley Building & Loan Chartered, 1911
A building an loan association for the Lykens Valley was granted a charter on 21 September 1911 in order to complement the Lykens Valley Board of Trade and the Midland […]
Construction of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, 1911
By mid-October 1911 construction of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad was supposed to be completed to Gratz in time for the Gratz Fair. Construction began in earnest in the area around […]
Founding of the Hoffman Family Association, 1913 (1)
The Elizabethville Echo chronicled the founding of the Hoffman Family Association in its 1913 editions. The text of the articles follow here: __________________________________ From the Elizabethville Echo, 17 April 1913: […]