A political cartoon from 1848 mocking the “self-inflating” Gen. Gideon Pillow, the inept Confederate general and slaveowner after whom the borough of Pillow, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was named. The cartoon […]
Pillow, the northernmost borough in Dauphin County, was incorporated in 1864 as “Uniontown.” Prior to this, the original town, Schneidershtettle [Snydertown], was named after John Snyder, a land developer, but […]
Rev. JAcob Keim served as minister of Simeon Reformed Church, Gratz, Dauphin County, from 1865 to 1872. ________________________________ Very little is known about Rev. Jacob Keim. During his time in […]
The Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election of 1866 pitted a Union General and war hero, John W. Geary, against a avowed racist and white supremacist, Heister Clymer. Geary headed the Republican or […]
On 20 November 1873, the Harrisburg Telegraph published a directory of School Directors and Teachers in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, for the school year 1873-1874: Directory of the Public Schools of […]
Rev. William G. Engle served as minister of Simeon Reformed Church, Gratz, Dauphin County, from 1872 to 1889. ________________________________ William G. Engle was born in New Berlinville, near Boyertown, Pennsylvania, […]
Fifth 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” […]
An undated photo post card birds-eye view of Pillow, formerly Uniontown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, looking south from Northumberland County. Pillow, as well as the other side of the mountain gap […]