Norman Gasbarro | May 18, 2018
From West Schuylkill Herald, 28 December 1923, came the first open evidence of the establishment of the Ku Klux Klan at Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania: KU KLUX KLAN BURNS CROSS AT TOWER CITY WEDNESDAY Wednesday night about 8:30, following a loud explosion, a burning cross was plainly visible on the mountain side north […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 16, 2018
During the Civil War, Daniel Paul served as a Private in the 130th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H. After the Civil War, he moved to Michigan, but kept in touch with his Lykens Valley friends and relatives via correspondence to the editor of the Lykens newspaper. Two results of that correspondence from the year 1900 are […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 14, 2018
During the Civil War, Daniel Paul served as a Private in the 130th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H. After the Civil War, he moved to Michigan, but kept in touch with his Lykens Valley friends and relatives via correspondence to the editor of the Lykens newspaper. One result of that correspondence from the year 1899 is […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 11, 2018
The obituary of William Young of Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, appeared in the Lykens Standard, 16 July 1915. During the Civil War, Young served in the 48th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company B, as a Private, from 21 February 1964 through his honorable discharge on 20 July 1865. DEATH OF OLD SOLDIER William Young Had Served in […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 9, 2018
The story of the the nomination and confirmation of Sen. Hugo L. Black, Alabama, to the U. S. Supreme Court in 1937, was widely reported in the national and local press. Black’s association with and membership in the Ku Klux Klan was of great concern to most Americans. Three interesting articles appeared in the West […]
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