18-Month-Old Child Drinks Kerosene & Dies, 1952
ZERBE CHILD DIES IN HOSPITAL Peter Zerbe, 18 monts old son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Zerbe, Lykens R. D. 1, was pronounced dead on arrival at the Pottsville Hospital […]
Erdman – Leitzel’s Garage, 1952
A newspaper advertisement from the Valley Citizen, Valley View, February 7, 1952, for Leitzel’s Garage, Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. 1000 – TIME TO CHANGE OIL! At the first […]
Simon Gratz Days, 1988 & 1989
A button issued for the 1989 Simon Gratz Days, the 6th Annual Show, held in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, July 1-2, 1989. The button features an image of an antique […]
Specktown – Old Frame School Replaced with Brick Building, 1873
A short news item appeared in the Lykens Register of October 31, 1873, noting the following: The old frame schoolhouse near Buffington’s mill in Lykens Township, has been supplanted by […]
Specktown – Landmark Gristmill
A story of an old gristmill in the Lykens Valley appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot on April 10, 1981. The story featured a photograph of Charles A. Sitlinger, retired dairyman […]
Lykens Hometown Heroes – Earl F. Keefer
Earl F. Keefer – U.S. Navy – WWII ________________________________________________ Banner provided by his family. Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post. Blog readers are encouraged to […]
Gratz Hometown Heroes
The above banner was created in the format of the Gratz Hometown Hero Banners, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It features a photograph of the Gratz Veterans’ Memorial, located on North […]
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, […]