Norman Gasbarro | May 7, 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 1898 is […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 4, 2018
A listing of the April 2018 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Conrad Zimmerman – Last G.A.R. Member of Halifax Ku Klux Klan Day at Elizabethville Attracts Huge Crowd, 1926 March 2018 Posts Two Militia Men Named John Wingert or One? Obituary of George N. Wilver Civil War Soldiers Buried at Lykens […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 2, 2018
It is not known whether the Ku Klux Klan would have survived in the Lykens Valley area without the support of major institutions, including religion, government and the schools. This example of a Klan event was reported by a Tower City newspaper, which indicated that the schools of the area were officially closed following the […]
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