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, […]
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 […]
ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH WILL CELEBRATE SESQUICENTENNIAL OF ITS FOUNDING SUNDAY, JULY 13, 1930 [Part 2 of 2 – The History] Photo above is of the church as it appeared […]
The route map for the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, through Lykens Valley, as published in 1910, as part of the brochure for the Lykens Valley Board of Trade, which was organized […]
DWIGHT L. M. RAKER Dwight L. M. Raker, age 80 years, of Dauphin R.D., died in a Harrisburg Hospital on Wednesday. Mr. Raker was a native of Lykens Valley [Berrysburg] […]
An original solicitation letter for solicitation of members for the Lykens Valley Board of Trade, which was organized on 4 July 1910, at Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It included a […]
On the question of when Gratz was actually founded, William Henry Egle noted in 1883 in a selection entitled “Gratz Borough,” noted, without providing proof, that the town was “laid […]
NEVIN E. HARRIS Nevin E. Harris, age 66 years, died suddenly at his home in Harrisburg on Sunday. Mr. Harris was a son of John A. Harris and Eva [Hepner] […]