Lykens – Old Home Week, 1913
A colorized version of a large article that appeared on the front page of the Lykens Standard, July 4, 1913, touting the Old Home Week celebration. The article featured the […]
Fred G. Kniley (1865-1948) – Manufacturer
RETIRED MANUFACTURER DIED SATURDAY AT AGE OF 82 Fred G. Kniley, retired manufacturer, died at his home, 646 North Second Street, Lykens, Saturday, January 17 [1948]. He was 82 years […]
W. H. Clay Keen (1860-1921) – Manufacturer & Legislator
William Henry Clay Keen (1860-1921) was a state legislator and hosiery manufacturer in Lykens. He died on January 30, 1921, in Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ________________________________________ From the West Schuylkill […]
Wiconisco High School, 1909
A 1909 colorized photograph of the Wiconisco High School, Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. _______________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
Shane R. Zellers – Minor League Baseball Player from Wiconisco
Shane R. Zellers was born in Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in 1988. He graduated from Williams Valley High School, Tower City, and then attended Alvernia University in Reading, where he […]
Wiconisco – Sodomy at Mucher’s Barber Shop, 1931
A story from 1931 of young teenage boys, who when caught committing a robbery at Bucher’s Barber Shop in Wiconisco, accused three Wiconisco men of sodomizing them. The way this […]
Williams Valley High School, 1973
Portrait photos in composite form of the 1973 graduates of Williams Valley High School, Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, as presented in the West Schuylkill Herald, Tower City, June 7, […]
The Rescue of John Rewalt – A Tale of the French & Indian War
A photographic copy of an 1795 print by J.G. de St. Sauveur, of an Iroquois warrior in traditional dress and holding a musket. This is believed to be an accurate […]