Leroy Kopp – Football Player for Tower City & Williamstown
An undated photograph of Leroy Kopp (1897-1972) as a football player. Kopp was known to have played for teams in Tower City and Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It is also […]
The Story of Mike Romiski – Killed at East Brookside Colliery, 1927
Michael Romiski, also known as Mikolaj Romanshyn and Mykola Romaniszyn, was born in Galacia, Austrian Empire, on 9 December 1893. He emigrated to the United States in 1912, and shortly […]
Michael Romiski – Killed at East Brookside Colliery, 1927
From the West Schuylkill Herald of Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, of 16 December 1927, came the following notice of the instant death of Michael Romiski, a worker at the […]
Trolley Bridge at Wiconisco, 1901
An undated photo post card view of the trolley bridge over the railroad tracks at Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Although the card indicates that the location of the bridge was […]
Sons of Edward Hartman (1870-1904) & Louisa Jane [Wingert] Hartman (1878-1967)
An undated photograph of three of the sons of Edward Milton Hartman (1870-1904) & Louisa Jane [Wingert] Hartman (1878-1967), of Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Left to right: Lloyd Ralph Hartman […]
David Calvin Klinger (1870-1931)
An undated Aunspach photograph of David Calvin Klinger, who was born in Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 16 February 1870, the son of David S. Klinger (1827-1916) and Barbara [Wiest] Klinger […]
Amelia Klinger (1872-1954)
An undated Aunspach photograph of Amelia Loretta Klinger, who was born in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 28 April 1872, the son of John Klinger and Christiana [Deibert] Klinger. About 1892, she […]
Construction of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, 1911
By mid-October 1911 construction of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad was supposed to be completed to Gratz in time for the Gratz Fair. Construction began in earnest in the area around […]