Norman Gasbarro | 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 […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 11, 2011
In the files of the Gratz Historical Society are a number of unidentified or partially identified photos, some of which pertain to the Civil War. The photo shown above was contributed to the society with the only identification as, “Devil’s Den, c. 1910., The Miller Family” The Society has an original print of the photograph. […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 10, 2011
The following article appeared in the Lykens Standard, 9 January 1903: INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS LYKENS.– The annual installation of the officers of the G.A.R., the Woman’s Relief Corps and the Sons of Veterans of this place was held in the elegant hall of the G.A.R. building last Thursday evening. The veterans, their wives and sons […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 7, 2011
The recently published book on the Lincoln assassination, written by Bill O’Reilly, anchor of Fox News Channel’s “The O’Reilly Factor,” and his co-author Martin Dugard, is generating a negative response in some quarters. The book is entitled Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever, Henry Holt & Company, 2011. The central event in […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 6, 2011
According to Burke’s Presidential Families of the United States, Abraham Lincoln is a direct descendant of King Edward I Plantagenet (1239-1307) of England. This connection with the royalty of the British Isles gives some descendants of the same king who currently have a connection with the Lykens Valley area, a distant cousin relationship with our […]
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