An undated photograph of the Snyder School (below Mountain House), Jackson Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Identifications provided with this photograph are as follows: Front Row (seated on ground): Lee Warfel; […]
C. C. McLaughlin Mr. McLaughlin was born at Carsonville, Pennsylvania, and is a graduate of Shippensburg Normal School, Class of 1906. He taught in public schools of Jefferson Township, Jackson […]
Harrison Riegle, farmer and stockman, was born in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 15 November 1840. Daniel Riegle I, the grandfather of Harrison Riegle, was a native of Berks County, […]
At the time of the creation of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, from a portion of Lancaster County, 4 April 1785, there was only one township in the upper part of the […]
James Miller, Justice of the Peace, Elizabethville, Pennsylvania, Secretary-Treasurer of the Lykens Valley Mutual Insurance Company, was born 16 February 1835. He is a son of Daniel Miller and Catherine […]
William Bender, wheelwright and carpenter, was born in Armstrong Valley, Jackson Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 17 January 1842. He is a son of Leonard Bender and Elizabeth [Shoop] Bender. Adam […]
Williams Township was officially created on 7 February 1869. In 1869, the township area was separated from Wiconisco Township, which it had been part of since 1840. Prior to being […]
Halifax Township was officially created in March 1804. Its original territory included the green area shown on the map above. Halifax Township was later diminished by the creation of Jackson […]