The Destructive Cyclone of 1910 (3)
Part 3 of 3 posts on the Great Cyclone of June, 1910, featuring news articles from local and area newspapers. From the Harrisburg Daily Independent, June 20, 1910: WIND GIVES […]
The Destructive Cyclone of 1910 (2)
Part 2 of 3 posts on the Great Cyclone of June, 1910, featuring news articles from local and area newspapers. From the Lykens Standard, June 24, 1910: GREAT DAMAGE BY […]
The Destructive Cyclone of 1910 (1)
Part 1 of 3 posts on the Great Cyclone of June, 1910, featuring news articles from local and area newspapers. From the Elizabethville Echo, June 23, 1910: DESTRUCTIVE CYCLONE GREAT […]
Small Valley – Cyclone Damage on Hoover Farm, 1910
Two photographs of the Hoover farm at Small Valley, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, showing damage from a cyclone or tornado that hit the area on June 18, 1910. The second photo […]
John C. Fitting – Memories of Teaching in a One-Room School
John C. Fitting (1860-1933) taught for twenty-seven years in the one-room schoolhouses of Jackson Township and Wayne Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. After his retirement, he agreed to be interviewed by […]
Ruth A. Warfel (1936-1938) – Killed By Truck
CHILD FATALLY INJURED IN ACCIDENT FRIDAY Ruth Warfel, two year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Warfel, was fatally injured in an accident near their home in Small Valley […]
Robert Zimmerman (1876-1905) – Died Addicted to Opium
Sudden Death of Robert Zimmerman Robert Zimmerman, who has been employed by Dr. N. W. Stroup, and who was addicted to the use of opium, died very suddenly about 2:30 […]
The Halifax Schools
A 215-page-book, A Dream Fulfilled: Boyer Memorial School and a History of Other Halifax Schools Throughout the Centuries, 1794 Forward, by Pearl Bretz Hane, was published in 2014 by the […]