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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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, […]
From the Lykens Standard, June 29, 1906: BLOW ON HEAD WITH BASEBALL BAT PROVES FATAL On Monday evening while George Zimmerman of Williamstown, was playing ball at that place with […]
In early January 1906 the Lykens Standard reported that a record number of fatal accidents occurred in the Anthracite Region in 1905. A total of 610 persons were killed in […]
Firefighters work to contain and extinguish a mountainside fire on the north side of Berries Mountain, near Woodside Station in 1935. This fire was one of many that occurred in […]
An undated post card view of Market Street, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Note the trolley and track in the center of the street. The Opera House is the three story building […]