Millersburg – Road North Out of Town, 1957
A 1957 photograph of the road north out of Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, into Upper Paxton Township. It was at or near this location that the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad made […]
Land Acquisitions for the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad – The Cummings Farm
An undated photograph of the area north of Millersburg, in Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, known as the farm of A. G. Cummings and his son Howard Cummings. It […]
Construction of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, 1911
By mid-October 1911 construction of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad was supposed to be completed to Gratz in time for the Gratz Fair. Construction began in earnest in the area around […]
Land Acquisitions for the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, 1910-1912
A collection of newspaper briefs describing the acquisition of land in 1910-1912 for the construction of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad. Two disputed cases are noted: (1) The area of the […]
Lykens Valley Campmeeting, 1894-1967
An undated photograph of the original tabernacle on the United Brethren Campground at Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The tabernacle was part of the Lykens Valley Campmeeting which was held at […]
Rev. Charles L. Mogel (1895-1946) – Millersburg Lutheran Minister
MILLERSBURG LUTHERAN PASTOR DIED FRIDAY Rev. Charles L. Mogel, age 51 years, pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Millersburg, died in a Harrisburg Hospital, Friday. The Rev. Mr. Mogel was […]
Contracts Awarded for Construction of Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, 1910
On 29 July 1910, the Harrisburg Telegraph announced the awarding of contracts for the construction of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad along with expectations as to when the work would begin: […]
Foreigners Employed to Construct Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, 1910-1911
Any thought that the construction of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad would bring jobs to the Lykens Valley was quickly dispelled by the employment of foreign labor to construct the line […]