Dr. John C. Stroup
John C. Stroup, M.D., Elizabethville, Pennsylvania, was born in Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 8 January 1859. He is a son of Dr. John B. Stroup and Saloma [Shellenberger] Stroup. Peter […]
Gratz – A Drive-In Porn Theatre
The above advertisement for a porn film appeared in a Lykens Valley newspaper in October 1972. The film, Country Cuzzins, was shown at the Sky-Vu Drive-In Theatre in Gratz on […]
Short Mountain Colliery Timeline, 1900-1909
Short Mountain Colliery: Timeline 1900-1909 1900: Placed set of rolls in Breaker to break down broken and egg coal. Purchased Blake slush pump, 12” x 8” x 17.” Trestle 40 […]
Lykens – Railroad Station Yard Office
A photo of the yard master’s office of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Not much is known about this structure other than it supposedly was located on […]
Lykens – Railroad Water Tower, Pre-Civil War
A photograph of the Pennsylvania Railroad’s water tower at Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The tower was located in the railroad yard to the east of the passenger station. It is […]
Joseph Duncan (1846-1914)
Joseph Duncan, general foundry and machine shop, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was born in Derbyshire, England, 13 May 1846. Joseph Duncan‘s father, George Duncan, was born in Scotland. In his […]
Lykens – Railroad Engine House
This photograph of an engine house at a turntable is purported to be from the yard of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The building does appear to […]
Lykens – Railroad Engine House & Turntable, Pre-Civil War
A photograph of the 5-bay engine house and turntable of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This view appeared on a stereoscopic card produced by Isaac Kunkel of […]