Was Wiconisco Home Destroyed by Meteor or Lightning?
The Lykens Standard, published on Friday, September 10, 1926, claimed it was a meteor, and gave the most extensive coverage to the event. The Elizabethville Echo, published the day before […]
Clarence E. Prout (1880-1905) – A Tribute at His Passing
A newspaper photograph of Clarence E. Prout of Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, an extraordinary musician from the coal region who passed away in 1905. The Lykens Standard on February 10, […]
Original Wiconisco Fire Company No. 1 Station (2)
An undated photograph of the original Wiconisco Fire Engine Company No. 1 Station Building, Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The men and piece of equipment are not identified. Could this be […]
Gratz High School – Baseball Division Champs, 1932
Gratz-Porter H. S. Scrap for Base Ball Honors With but one defeat marked against them the Gratz High School baseball team emerged winners of the lower end group of the […]
Original Wiconisco Fire Company No. 1 Station (1)
A photograph of the original Wiconisco Fire Company No. 1 Station Building, which served the community of Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, from the time it was built in 1923 to […]
“Colored” Minstrels Perform at Lykens Opera House, 1902
A image of the program for the December 29 and 30, 1902, performance of the Lykens and Wiconisco Minstrels, at the Lykens Opera House, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The version […]
Rumor of Reopening of Short Mountain Mining, 1936
In 1936, rumors began circulating in the southern anthracite coal fields that the tunnel at the Short Mountain Colliery, located at Bear Gap, north of Lykens and Wiconisco, would be […]
Wiconisco High School – Class of 1902
In May 1902, the Fourth Annual Commencement was held at Wiconisco High School, Wiconisco, Dauphin County Pennsylvania. Only two graduates were honored with diplomas: Miss Gertrude E. Hochlander and Harry […]