Specktown – Another Landmark Demolished, 2021
A July 2021 photographic essay by Ethan Evitts of the last days of the William Evitts (1854-1928) and Sarah A. [Daniel] Evitts (1859-1925) Homestead in Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, […]
The Rescue of John Rewalt – A Tale of the French & Indian War
A photographic copy of an 1795 print by J.G. de St. Sauveur, of an Iroquois warrior in traditional dress and holding a musket. This is believed to be an accurate […]
Lykens – History of the Post Office, 1857-1932
The first post office in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was established in 1857 on Main Street, in a building known as “ten pin alley,” which was located just to the […]
Lykens – Crime Ring Caught & Jailed, 1907
A newspaper photograph of Isaac P. Bowman, leader of a crime ring responsible for burglaries, assaults and highway robberies in the Lykens Valley area and surrounding areas in late 1906 […]
Loyalton – Valley Inn Restaurant, 1969
A newspaper ad that appeared in the Lykens Standard, May 15, 1969, alerting readers to watch for the Grand Opening of the Valley Inn, Loyalton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The ad […]
Virginia Rae Helt – Upper Dauphin High School, 1962
A 1962 portrait photograph of Virginia Rae Helt, a member of the senior class of the Upper Dauphin High School, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ From the 1962 yearbook, La Memoria, of the […]
Edward Louis Bechtel – Upper Dauphin High School, 1962
A 1962 portrait photograph of Edward Louis Bechtel, a member of the senior class of the Upper Dauphin High School, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ From the 1962 yearbook, La Memoria, of the […]
Pennsylvania Railroad Excursion to Klan Convocation in D. C., 1926
An advertisement from the Lykens Standard, September 10, 1926 for a special excursion train leaving the Lykens Valley for Washington, D. C., and the Ku Klux Klan conclave to be […]