A photograph of Christian Snyder (1838-1930) and Catherine [Kembel] Snyder (1839-1912), taken at the Montgomery Studios at Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. According to the family history: Christian Snyder, the first […]
An 1875 map of Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. For a fully enlargeable map, see: Atlas of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 1875, Compiled, Drawn and Published from Personal Examinations and Surveys, by […]
DANIEL F. WISE Daniel Franklin Wise, age 60, a miner and veteran of World War I, died at his home in Williamstown, Friday evening. Mr. Wise was a member of […]
FUNERAL SUNDAY FOR WAR VETERAN Funeral services for S/Sgt. Donald Schoffstall, of Williamstown, whose body was recently returned to the United States from Europe, will be held from the J. […]
The Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, begun in 1910, with plans to connect Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, with Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, turned out to be a colossal failure. In addition to […]
WILLIAM BUDD WILLIAMSTOWN — William J. Budd, 73, of 304 E. Market Street. died Sunday 26 November 1978, at Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill. He was a member of the […]
LYKENS WOMAN KILLED IN FALL FROM PORCH Mrs. Emma Kreiner, 71, was fatally injured when she fell from a second floor balcony at her home, North Market Street, Lykens. Mrs. […]
Early in 1910, notices began to appear in the local and area newspapers of the coming of a new railroad, the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, to the Lykens Valley. The notices […]