Isaac Swab (1845-1924)
A biographical sketch of Isaac Swab, also known as Schwab, as revised and edited from what appeared in the Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County: ISAAC SWAB, foundryman, was born […]
Jacob Stein (1827-1915) – Carpenter for the Railroad & Coal Mines
JACOB STEIN Jacob Stein, the oldest citizen of this place, passed away at the home of his son, C. M. Stein on West Main Street, last Friday [22 January 1915], […]
Anna I. Runk (1867-1944) – Daughter of Lykens Valley U. B. Minister
FUNERAL MONDAY FOR ANNA I. RUNK Miss Anna I. Runk, age 70 years, died at her home in Annville, Pennsylvania, Thursday. She was a daughter of the late Rev. and […]
Gratz News – November 21, 1934
The following news briefs were published in the “Gratz News” section of a local newspaper, 21 November 1934: H. T. Yoder, of Harrisburg, was a business caller in town here, […]
Berrysburg – Salem Union Church
An undated photo post card picturing the Salem Union Church, Berrysburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, _________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
Berrysburg – Civil War Patriotic Envelope, 1862
A patriotic envelope or cover possibly mailed from the Berrysburg Post Office, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, February 20, 1862 – during the Civil War. In the lower left hand corner is […]
S. Myrtle Foster of Berrysburg, 1911
A 1911 portrait photograph of S. Myrtle Foster of Berrysburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from the 1911 yearbook, Touchstone, of the Millersville State Normal School, Millersville, Lancaster County, […]
Midland Pennsylvania Railroad – Proposed by Lykens Valley Board of Trade, 1910
The 1910 cover of the brochure published by the Lykens Valley Board of Trade presenting the benefits to be attained by the construction of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad. The railroad […]