In early 1964, Wiconisco High School basketball star George Long, made regional sports headlines with his record-setting bid to be the top scholastic scorer in Pennsylvania. Recently, George Long, was inducted […]
In April 1872, a shocking mine disaster occurred in the lower anthracite district when a fall of rock occurred trapping three miners under the rubble, all of whom died in […]
NANCY J. BOHNER Nancy J. Bohner, a lifelong resident of Lykens, passed away Tuesday, December 13, 2022; in the same home she was born in 92 years earlier to the […]
SCOTT J. HARMAN Scott J. Harman, 71, of Enola, passed away Sunday morning, October 23, 2022 at his home, three weeks after a diagnosis of advanced metastatic cancer. Born in […]
An undated photo post card view of Short Mountain Slope, Wiconisco (Bear Gap), Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. __________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
Recently, George L. Long, a star basketball player for Wiconisco High School in the early 1960s, was inducted into the Capital Area Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. […]
Many descriptions of the Great Gratz Fire of November 4, 1924, have been published – including the accounts of newspapers of the local area and region and summaries of the […]
A 1949 photograph of the football team of Williamstown High School, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. None of those pictured are identified. However, the opponents for the season are named along […]