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Civil War Era Model Railroads

| December 16, 2011

The Garden State Central Model Railroad Club (New Jersey) held a  meeting at member Thom Radice’s Civil War era HO model railroad layout on October 13th 2009. This layout was the cover feature of the October 2009 edition of Railroad Model Craftsman magazine.  The layout depicts the Western and Atlantic Railroad from Atlanta to Chattanooga […]

Andrew Gregg Curtin, Civil War Governor of Pennsylvania

| December 15, 2011

Andrew Gregg Curtin served as Governor of Pennsylvania for six years (two terms of three years) from 15 January 1861 to 15 January 1867.  As Pennsylvania’s Civil War governor he took the lead among northern governors in supporting President Abraham Lincoln by raising troops, organizing them into combat units, setting up training camps (the first […]

Zion (Hoover’s) Church and Cemetery, Rife – Part 2

| December 14, 2011

Zion’s Lutheran and German Reformed Church and Cemetery, also known as Hoover‘s Church, is located just north of Route 209 in Rife, Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  Rife is a small village located to the west of Elizabethville.  Today, the church is known as Zion Lutheran Church and its pastor is Rev. Beth George.  […]

Zion (Hoover’s) Church and Cemetery, Rife – Part 1

| December 13, 2011

Zion’s Lutheran and German Reformed Church and Cemetery, also known as Hoover‘s Church, is located just north of Route 209 in Rife, Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  Rife is a small village located to the west of Elizabethville.  Today, the church is known as Zion Lutheran Church and its pastor is Rev. Beth George.  […]

Obituary of John Adam Klinger

| December 12, 2011

The obituary of John Adam Klinger appeared in the Lykens Standard on 9 Jan 1903: LYKENS.– John A. Klinger, a former resident of this place, died of asthma at his home in Minersville last week and was buried on Sunday.  He was married to Amanda, daughter of the late Jonas Hoffman and wife of this […]