Jackson Township – Who Killed William A. Shaffer?
In early July 1944, William A. Shaffer of Jackson Township, near Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was found in bed, murdered by a shotgun blast that tore off part of his […]
Accidental Shooting in Jackson Township, 1903
The following story comes from the front page of the Elizabethville Echo, August 7, 1903, about a young farm hand in Jackson Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, who was shot by […]
Shorty Jones Accomplice Interviewed at Penitentiary, 1903
Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, opened in 1829 and closed in 1971. For years it was the main state prison to which convicted criminals from eastern Pennsylvania were sent, including […]
Black Residents of Upper Dauphin County, 1880
A portion of the 1880 Federal Census for Gratz Borough, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, showing two families living in the same household. The 1880 Census used two terms to identify Blacks […]
Black Residents of Upper Dauphin County, 1870
A portion of the 1870 Federal Census for Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, showing the household of Malachi Bird, a 30-year old barber. The household included Malachi’s wife and three children […]
The Bogus Nickel Coiners of Washington Square, 1873
COINING THEIR OWN MONEY Mrs. Daniel Boyer, who lives in an old house on the road leading from Washington Square across Berry’s Mountain, near the intersection of the Powel’s Valley […]
Elizabethville – Mountain House, 2015
A 2015 photograph from GoogleMaps, street view, of the Mountain House, near Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This was once a thriving hotel and pub, but in recent times has become […]
Elizabethville – South Market Street at Railroad Crossing
An early, undated photograph of South Market Street, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The road is not paved, but the “improved” sidewalks and track crossing on the east side are of […]