A portrait photograph of Salome Straub, a 1940 graduate of Hubley Township High School, Hubley Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Salome, the “Blondie” in our class, comes to us from Fearnot. She also plays an […]
In 1925, the Ku Klux Klan was very active in the Lykens Valley area. Additional news briefs have been located about those activities and are given here in this blog […]
The following news briefs were published in the “Gratz News” section of a local newspaper, probably in mid-April 1944: Mrs. Amanda Coleman of Lykens spent a few days of last […]
An undated newspaper photograph of the Fearnot School, its pupils and teacher, from 1908, Fearnot, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Front Row: Martha [Deiter] Moyer; Laura [Bensinger] Malick; Jennie [Herb] Carl; Eva […]
A small collection of newspaper articles from the Lykens Standard, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, announcing and describing Donkey Ball events in the greater Lykens Valley area. For all other blog […]
An undated topographical map of Hubely Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, produced by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. The communities of Sacramento, Spring Glen, and Fearnot are part of […]
LOSES LIFE IN MINE ACCIDENT Melvin Lettich, 25, of Fearnot, Schuylkill County, was killed when caught beneath a fall of coal at an independent mine operation near Ashland, Friday afternoon. […]