An undated photograph of Capt. Benjamin J. Evitts (1822-1909), a Civil War veteran, sitting on the porch of his son’s residence in Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, while wearing […]
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 […]
A collection of newspaper briefs describing the acquisition of land in 1910-1912 for the construction of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad. Two disputed cases are noted: (1) The area of the […]
The cover of the program for the Pennsylvania German Society’s 61st Annual Meeting, Saturday, 20 October 1951, The Salem Reformed Church, West Main Street, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The meeting […]
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: […]
On 29 July 1910, the Harrisburg Telegraph announced the awarding of contracts for the construction of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad along with expectations as to when the work would begin: […]
The Harrisburg Evening News, in its article of 28 November 1924 describing the dedication of the Lykens Valley Pioneer Monument, included the names of the attendees: DEDICATE SHAFT TO PIONEER […]
In 1952, the Dormar Manufacturing Company, operators of the Gratz Shirt Factory, sustained a major loss when a relatively new building was destroyed by fire. The fire was reported in […]