Norman Gasbarro | August 25, 2017
Today’s post presents some events involving the Ku Klux Klan that were reported in the Elizabethville Echo. Each event needs further research. The 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 […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 23, 2017
On 21 November 1926, a major fire ripped through Klan Haven, an orphanage established by the Ku Klux Klan near Paxtang, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Forty-six children were led to safety by the quick action of home attendants and fire fighters. According to reports at the time, the cause of the fire was suspicious, and the […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 21, 2017
The Harrisburg Telegraph of 11 September 1926 advertised a special excursion rate of $6.00 by the Pennsylvania Railroad for anyone interested in attending the Ku Klux Klan “parade” to be held in Washington, D. C., on Monday, 13 September 1926. The train was to leave Harrisburg at 2:00 A.M. on the 13th and return from […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 18, 2017
The name of Isaac M. Spong was first introduced to the Civil War Research Project by inclusion in the Klingerstown Bicentennial Album, which stated that he served in the 107th Pennsylvania Infantry and was wounded at Dabney’s Mills, Virginia – and that he was buried in the St. Luke’s Parish Cemetery, Malta, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 16, 2017
During the Civil War, Daniel A. Shive served in the 210th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, as a Private, from 12 September 1864 through his honorable discharge on 30 May 1865. He applied for a disability pension on 28 March 1891, which he received, but not long afterward, he was found dead along the railroad tracks […]
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