James A. Israel (1865-1900) – Political Editor
In June 1900, the town of Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was shocked to hear of the untimely death of one its own, James Israel, son of Civil War veteran Daniel […]
Edward Holtzman (1849-1940)
An undated portrait photograph of Edward Holtzman, born October 5, 1849, in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, son of John Peter Holtzman (1809-1863) and Catherine Elizabeth [Kissinger] Holtzman (1810-1881). The […]
Good Spring – Three Gratz Men Killed in Mine Cave-In, 1939 (1)
The front page of the Pottsville Republican, February 9, 1939, reporting that three men from Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, were buried in a bootleg mine cave-in near Good Spring, Schuylkill […]
Sarah [Rowe] Saylor (1820-1900) – Goes to Almshouse & Dies
The grave marker of Sarah [Rowe] Saylor (1820-1900) at Union or Citizens Cemetery, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The story of the last days of Mrs. Saylor was told in two […]
Wiconisco Iron Works, 1872
An advertisement from the Lykens Register, January 26, 1872, for the Wiconisco Iron Works, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. WICONISCO IRON WORKS (Formerly Foster, Savage & Barrett) SNYDER & ERDMAN, Proprietors ARE PREPARED TO […]
William Row (1825-1901) – Miner and Mail Carrier
WILLIAM ROW William Row, another aged and highly esteemed citizen of Wiconisco died Tuesday evening at 9:15 o’clock of heart failure, after an illness of several weeks. Deceased was born […]
Wiconisco Miner Dies in Fall Down Slope, 1962
MINER DIES AS RESULT FALL DOWN SLOPE An independent miner who was injured in a 60-foot fall down a slope at Bear Valley mining operation Thursday, September 20 [1962], died […]
Lykens – Early Postmasters, 1857-1957
A page from the official register, U. S. Appointments of Postmasters, showing some of the appointments of postmasters in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The bottom line indicates that Josiah Bowman Jr. […]