Vivian P. [Williard] Miller (1898-1948) – Postmaster of Berrysburg & Teacher

MRS. ROY MILLER Mrs. Roy Miller, 50, died Tuesday at her home at Berrysburg. She was postmistress at Berrysburg for eight years and for six years was a teacher in […]

Lykens Valley Development Company,1911

The Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, begun in 1910, with plans to connect Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, with Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, turned out to be a colossal failure. In addition to […]

Announcing the Coming of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, 1910

Early in 1910, notices began to appear in the local and area newspapers of the coming of a new railroad, the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, to the Lykens Valley. The notices […]

Berrysburg Borough Launches Web Site, 2017

An announcement has come from Lahn Kopp of the Berrysburg Borough Council, Berrysburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, that a new web site, Berrysburg.org, was launched in 2017. The site has pages […]

Midland Pennsylvania Railroad Prospectus, 1911

Harry E. Rush (1879-1948) – Pennsylvania Railroad Agent at Elizabethville

HARRY E. RUSH DIED THIS MORNING Harry E. Rush, age 68 years, retired agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, died suddenly at his home, East Main Street, [Elizabethville], this Thursday […]

Midland Pennsylvania Railroad To Open Lykens Valley to Commerce, 1911

Mary McClata [Williard] Klinger (1877-1942)

An undated portrait of Mary McClata [Williard] Klinger, of Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, who was born 19 September 1877 in Lykens Township, the daughter of Jonathan C. Williard (1848-1929) […]