Norman Gasbarro | March 23, 2018
In mid-October 1924, Lykens residents were alerted by three blasts of the colliery horn to the igniting of a cross on the culm banks north of the town. This, along with the flaming “J” alongside the cross indicated that a junior Ku Klux Klan had been formed at Lykens. This post is a continuation of […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 21, 2018
From a listing that appeared in the Lykens Standard, 17 May 1917, compiled by Claude Keiser, a member of the Sons of Veterans, the name of George Willis appears as a burial in the Union Cemetery, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Keiser, in supplying the information, which included all the Lykens cemeteries. indicated that his list […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 19, 2018
Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, held its first Ku Klux Klan Day in 1926. A comprehensive, descriptive report was published on what transpired. This post is a continuation of the reporting on hate groups that were active in the Lykens Valley area in the years following the Civil War. It was a widely known fact that the […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 16, 2018
Previously on this blog, Peter Witmer was introduced as an addition to the Civil War Research Project. At the time, the following was known about him: Peter Witmer (1841-1892) enrolled in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company B, as a Private, at New Market, Kentucky, but gave his residence as Dauphin County. He was taken prisoner […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 14, 2018
Abel Wise, who was born in Millersburg on 3 October 1821, the son of Adam Wise (1751-1833) and Catherine Neiman Patton Wise (1785-1863). At the time of the Civil War, he served in the 192nd Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H, as a Sergeant, from 25 February 1865 through his honorable discharge on 24 August 1865. […]
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