Valley View News – September 26, 1924
Valley View, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania – Valley View News, reported for the week of September 19, 1924, included happenings in the schools, and churches, as well as attendance at a […]
Herndon – Esbob Hotel
An undated matchbook cover with advertising for the Esbob Hotel, Herndon, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Home Cooking Bob Michael and Arlene Michael, Proprietors “We Cater to Parties and Banquets” “U May […]
The Route of the McKinley Funeral Train, 1901
A photograph taken when the McKinley Funeral Train was entering Harrisburg, September 16, 1901. The train had begun its journey earlier in the morning at Buffalo, New York, and was […]
Harrisburg – McKinley Funeral Train, 1901
On September 6, 1901, President William McKinley was shot on the grounds of the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Eight days later he died of gangrene which resulted from the gunshot […]
Sunbury – McKinley Funeral Train, 1901
On September 6, 1901, President William McKinley was shot on the grounds of the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Eight days later he died of gangrene which resulted from the […]
Proposed Railroad from Dornsife to Pillow, 1904
Some brief news items appearing in local and regional newspapers seem to suggest that work had started on building a railroad from Dornsife in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, to Pillow, in […]
Mahantongo Valley
Nestled in the pocket of the Blue Mountains of the Appalachians, the Mahantongo Valley extends east from the Susquehana River for seventeen miles. Bordered to the north by Line Mountain, it extends […]
Pennsylvania Railroad Excursion – Herndon Camp Meeting, 1910
An advertisement appearing the Elizabethville Echo, July 28, 1910, for a special excursion ticket to the United Evangelical Camp Meeting at Herndon, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. The camp meting took place […]