Gratz Airport – Fatal Crash, June 1949
“A light plane which took off from the Gratz Airport Sunday at 2:50 p. m., went into a nose dive and crashed into Sharp Mountain one mile west of Lykens, […]
Wiconisco High School Graduates, 1946-1950
Above, a colorized newspaper photograph of the Wiconisco High School with notable adults standing in front, as published in the Lykens Register, May 31, 1901. Previously published here December 4, 2021. On May 16, […]
J. F. Adams – Endorsement of an Educator, 1908
The Lykens Standard, April 24, 1908, printed endorsements by two Millersburg newspapers for the candidacy of J. F. Adams for the Superintendency of the Public Schools of Dauphin County. By […]
Wiconisco High School Graduates, 1941-1945
Above, a colorized newspaper photograph of the Wiconisco High School with notable adults standing in front, as published in the Lykens Register, May 31, 1901. Previously published here December 4, 2021. On May 16, […]
Wiconisco High School Graduates, 1936-1940
Above, a colorized newspaper photograph of the Wiconisco High School with notable adults standing in front, as published in the Lykens Register, May 31, 1901. Previously published here December 4, 2021. On May 16, […]
Some Happenings In and Around Lenker Station
A map showing the location of Lenkers, also known as Lenker’s Station, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (violet dot). The station was located on the Lykens Valley Railroad between Millersburg and Elizabethville. […]
Miner Dies After Being Run Over By Mining Car, 1906
From the Lykens Standard, June 22, 1906: FATAL ACCIDENT AT WILLIAMSTOWN Peter Malloy, while walking down the separator plane at Summit Branch Colliery, Williamstown, about 5 o’clock Tuesday evening, was […]
Organized Baseball in the Lykens Valley, 1906
An article in the Lykens Standard of June 29, 1906 describes the second year of organized baseball in the Lykens Valley area. The teams in the league were formed by […]