On a Sunday in April 1952, State Police raided both veterans’ organizations in Halifax (VFW & American Legion), Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and seized slot machines and other gambling paraphernalia, and […]
An undated colorized view of the Narrows at Dauphin, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The view is looking south at a railroad crossing. The highway to Harrisburg and the Susquehanna river are […]
An undated colorized view of the on-off ramp of the William Penn Highway at Dauphin Borough, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to […]
An undated photograph of an unknown baseball team from Dauphin Borough, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. _____________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
An 1884 railroad map showing the Seaboard, Pennsylvania and Western Railroad and its connections. This railroad passed through Herndon, Northumberland County, and then west over the Susquehanna River bridge there. […]
A post-Civil War (1868) railway map of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, including the Lykens Valley Railroad, operating in the southern anthracite coal fields to New York via Perth Amboy, New […]
An 1852 railroad map showing the the railroad route from Phoenixville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, to Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The map also shows the major cities of Philadelphia, Reading, […]
“Doodlebug” was the nickname given to gas-electric self-propelled rail cars that had a passenger seating area, a baggage or freight area, and engineer controls at the motor end. The car […]