Charles Eby Family
A studio portrait photograph taken around 1894 of the Charles Eby Family of the Lykens Valley. The family lived in various communities of the valley including Elizabethville, Washington Township, Berrysburg, […]
Elizabethville High School – Basketball Team, 1917
A 1917 photograph of the basketball team of the Elizabethville High School, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. None of the individuals in the photo are identified. _________________________________ Corrections and additional information […]
Elizabethville – Fourth Public School Building
An undated photo post card view of the fourth public school building in Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. In 1894, construction was begun on a two-story brick building at the north […]
Racist Lodge Dedicates Its New Hall in Gratz, 1873
A photograph taken around 1887 of the Odd Fellows building in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The building, which was built in 1872, was formally dedicated in June 1873, with elaborate […]
A Black-Face Play in Washington Township, 1926
The Elizabethville Echo of January 26, 1926, reported the following about a black-face play that was to be presented by the teacher and pupils of the Holtzman School, a one-room […]
Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election of 1866 – Defeat of a White Supremacist
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 […]
African American Population of the Lykens Valley Area, 1860
The African American population as reported in the 1860 Census for selected areas of the Lykens Valley area is presented in today’s blog post. In 1860, African Americans were enumerated […]
Two Teens Charged with Elizabethville Hate Crime, 2015
Police: 2 Teens Burned Cross at Woman’s Home ELIZABETHVILLE – Two teenage boys have been charged in a cross-burning incident at the northern Dauphin County home of a black woman. […]