Highway Robbery Near Loyalton, 1906
The dangers of traveling the back roads of the Lykens Valley at night became evident to Frank Wiest, a butcher. He was brutally attacked and robbed in September 1906 near […]
Dr. S. D. Diffenderfer – Traveling Dentist, 1910
This DENTAL ANNOUNCEMENT appeared in the Elizabethville Echo, October 20, 1910: Dr. S. D. Diffenderfer of Middleburg, Pennsylvania, desires to inform the public he will visit the towns named below […]
Election of 1928 – Lykens Valley Results
A colorized photograph of Charles Curtis and Herbert Hoover, taken after they received the nomination of the Republican Party for Vice President and President in the Election of 1928. (Original […]
Early Colonial History
The first of four pages of the Charter issued to William Penn in 1681 for the Colony of Pennsylvania. The portrait (or cartouche) in the upper left corner is of […]
The Murder of Sarah [Goodman] Campbell, 1899
A story in the Philadelphia Inquirer, August 2, 1899, told of a murder-suicide that took place in the area of Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. With the article was the above […]
John S. Reiff – Sheriff-Elect of Dauphin County, 1899
A line-drawn portrait of John S. Reiff, Sheriff-Elect of Dauphin County, as presented in the Lykens Register, November 9, 1899. The results of the election, by communities, were also published […]
Lykens – Crime Ring Caught & Jailed, 1907
A newspaper photograph of Isaac P. Bowman, leader of a crime ring responsible for burglaries, assaults and highway robberies in the Lykens Valley area and surrounding areas in late 1906 […]
Black Residents of Upper Dauphin County, 1880
A portion of the 1880 Federal Census for Gratz Borough, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, showing two families living in the same household. The 1880 Census used two terms to identify Blacks […]