The Great Wiconisco Fire of 1930
The front page of the Lykens Standard, July 11, 1930, with banner headline, “$80,000 BLAZE IN WICONISCO JULY 4.” The story that accompanied the headline follows here: Forman Store, Dwelling […]
Gratz Woman Murders Ex-Lover, 2006 (1)
A photograph taken in January 2007, of the home of Elaine Pierson, of Perry County, Pennsylvania, who was reported as missing by her friends. The photo appeared in the Carlisle […]
Irvin C. Adams Gets Ford Achievement Award, 1969
A portrait of Irvin C. Adams as it appeared on the front page of the Lykens Standard, July 24, 1969, along with an announcement that he had received the Customer […]
The Romberger Family in the Lykens Valley
A photograph from 2019 of a Romberger Family Reunion held at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Berrysburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. At the table (center) is Bob Averell, family historian, sharing some […]
Excerpts from “The Independent Monthly,” 1879
A letter from Thomas J. Hoffman, of Enders, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and printed in the Elizabethville Echo of June 17, 1943, provided a glimpse of an old issue of The Independent Monthly, published on […]
Rev. William T. Walton (1931-2012) – Pastor
Rev. William T. Walton, who was born July 26, 1931, in Tamaqua, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, served as the minister of two Lykens Valley area congregations: St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Tower […]
Harvey Adam Lincoln Hess (1864-1951)
An undated portrait of Harvey Adam Lincoln Hess, who was born in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, son of Jacob A. Hess (1840-1917), a Civil War soldier, and Ella Amanda Roadbach […]
Sarah [Koppenhaver] Ritzman (1867-1961) – Survived by 130 Descendants
MRS. SARAH RITZMAN HAD 130 DESCENDANTS Mrs. Sarah Ritzman, of 322 S. Fourth Street, Tower City, died on Monday afternoon at her home after a lengthy illness. She leaves 130 […]