Klingerstown – New Bank Building Opens, 1925
In November 1925, the town of Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, celebrated the opening of a grand, new structure to house the Klingerstown State Bank. In about seven years from its […]
Memories of the Jacob Ramberger Farm
By Steve E. Troutman Jacob Ramberger (1802-1854) married Catharine Klinger (1802-1871) Conversation with Paul W. Ramberger and his wife, Barbara [Klinger] Ramberger of Turkey Hill Road, Dalmatia. With additional notes […]
Farm of Jacob Ramberger & Clara [Williams] Ramberger
By Steve E. Troutman Jacob Ramberger (1857-1918) and Clara [Williams] Ramberger (1874-1953) Farm This farm provided for the residence of three households. Clara Ramberger and Anne Erdman resided in the […]
Rough & Ready Cornet Band, 1906
By Steve E. Troutman The Rough and Ready Cornet Band poses in Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, at the red brick hotel on the square in 1906. The handsome uniformed men […]
Photo Tour of the Klingerstown Mill
The original log mill building built in 1808 had additions to the structure in later years. ________________________________________________________ Stair steps inside the front door lead to the second floor where the […]
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 […]
Dr. S. D. Diffenderfer – Traveling Dentist, 1910
This DENTAL ANNOUNCEMENT appeared in the Elizabethville Echo, October 20, 1910: Dr. S. D. Diffenderfer of Middleburg, Pennsylvania, desires to inform the public he will visit the towns named below […]
Klingerstown – Early Mahantongo Valley Grist Mill
A snapshot photograph of a portion of a limited edition print of an oil painting by Deanna Wiseman who was raised in Pillow, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The print was sold […]