Millersburg – Serbian Suicides by Walking Into Train, 1932
A 36-year-old native of Serbia who was a road worker on the State highway, took his own life in March 1932 by walking head-on into a fast-moving express train heading […]
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 […]
Painting of Jacob Ramberger Farm
Jacob and Clara Ramberger Farm Scene Painted by Leroy Drumheller By Steve E. Troutman Leroy N. Drumheller (1931-2010) lived with his grandmother, Clara [Williams] Ramberger (1874-1953) from the age of […]
Millersburg – Young Man Killed on Railroad, 1881
This story comes from the pages of the Northumberland County Democrat, August 19, 1881: James Lower, a young man about eighteen years of age, son of Joseph Lower, of this […]
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 […]
A Murder-Suicide in Pitman, 1938
On May 2, 1938, Charles Klein of Pitman, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, shot and killed his wife while having an argument with her on the lawn of her parent’s house. He […]
Local Reminiscences for Home Historians – January 12, 1905
Fourth in a series of nine 1904-1905 newspaper articles in which two old-timers are portrayed reminiscing about the Lykens Valley of the past. The two fictional characters, the “old railroader” […]