William B. Meetch (1845-1919)
FORMER POWER IN LOCAL POLITICS IS DEAD AT ADVANCED AGE WILLIAM B. MEETCH, LONG PROMINENT, IS DEAD WAS FOR YEARS REPUBLICAN LEADER AND WIDELY-KNOWN HUNTER OF BIG GAME LOVER OF […]
Ku Klux Klan Announces Presence in Williamstown, 1924
On Saturday, May 10, 1924, the Ku Klux Klan announced its presence in Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, by burning a cross on the culm bank west of the colliery. The […]
Wiconisco Telephone & Telegraph Company Directory, 1936-1937
The front cover of the first telephone directory of the Wiconisco Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1936-1937. Beginning in May 1936, the company required that the operator be given the number […]
Man Killed on Williams Valley Railroad, 1906
“Hop” Evans, was run down and killed on the Williams Valley Railroad Friday evening by the train reaching there at 7:42 o’clock.… the man’s body was frightfully mangled. His legs […]
Williamstown – Moss Grocery Store
A photograph taken around 1976 of the John Edgar Moss Grocery Store, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. A profile of him appeared in the 1976 Sesquicentennial Book: John Edgar Moss was […]
Lykens – Forgery Attempt at Rudisill’s Store, 1906
From the Lykens Standard, July 20, 1906: FORGER’S TRICK DIDN’T WORK AT RUDISILL’S Yesterday morning about 8 o’clock, a tall, thin man, wearing a black sateen shirt, no necktie, upper […]
Williamstown – Blanning Hardware, 1976
A photograph taken around 1976 of the Blanning Hardware Store, Williamstown, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania. The following biographical sketch appeared in a 1976 Williamstown history: Roy “Scratch” Blanning was born in […]
Williamstown – Wiscount Arco Service Station, 1976
A photograph taken about 1976 of “Sonny” Wiscount’s Arco Service Station, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The station was built by L. Sol Bendigo in 1958. In 1959-1960, it was leased […]