Isaac W. Hoffman (1837-1924)
ISAAC HOFFMAN, MILLERSBURG, PASSED AWAY Millersburg, March 25 [1924] — Isaac W. Hoffman, one of the oldest residents of this place died this afternoon shortly before 3 o’clock. He was […]
William B. Meetch (1845-1919)
FORMER POWER IN LOCAL POLITICS IS DEAD AT ADVANCED AGE WILLIAM B. MEETCH, LONG PROMINENT, IS DEAD WAS FOR YEARS REPUBLICAN LEADER AND WIDELY-KNOWN HUNTER OF BIG GAME LOVER OF […]
Wiconisco Telephone & Telegraph Company Directory, 1936-1937
The front cover of the first telephone directory of the Wiconisco Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1936-1937. Beginning in May 1936, the company required that the operator be given the number […]
Millersburg Post Office, 1893
The front and back of a cover/envelope mailed from Millersburg Post Office, Millersburg, Dauphin County, May 22, 1893, at 8 A. M. The sender was Conemaugh Soft Coal and recipient […]
Homer G. Koppenhaver (1877-1931) – Millersburg Hotel Proprietor
A photograph of the grave marker of Homer Garfied Koppenhaver, Oak Hill Cemetery, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Mr. Koppenhaver was well-known in the Lykens Valley area as the proprietor of […]
New Phone Exchanges, 1908
A photograph from the early 20th Century showing an operator working at a console at a telephone exchange. The operator manually connected wires to move a call from one wire […]
Albert G. Cummings of Millersburg – Inventor of the Biplane, 1896
Albert G. Cummings (1844-1911), inventor, died at his home in Millersburg, Dauphin County. During the Civil War, he served in a New Hampshire regiment. His obituary was published in the Harrisburg Patriot of August […]
Millersburg – Collision on Railroad Kills Three, 1905
“ACCIDENT NEAR MILLERSBURG: A rear end collision occurred last Sunday morning, about four o’clock, one mile south of Millersburg, when Erie Mail No. 3 north bound ran into the caboose […]