Norman Gasbarro | April 13, 2016
A prior post on this blog, The Lykens Valley Railroad at Millersburg, presented maps showing the location of the Civil War era railroad station at Millersburg, actually located at Lenkerville just south of the Wiconisco Creek. The 1876 map showed the location of the “Engine House” and “Turntable”. Today’s post will picture some of the […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 12, 2016
On 5 April 1899, a story appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph telling of a “Mad Stone” that was first acquired from the Indians by a Pennsylvania Dutchman, Ferdinand Fred, in the mid-Eighteenth Century, and then was transported to Louden County, Virginia, near where the Battle of Ball’s Bluff was fought during the Civil War. The […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 11, 2016
John Henry Herring was living in Llewellyn, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, when he enrolled in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry on 19 August 1961. He was mustered into service in Company A as a Corporal on 9 September 1861, and at a date unknown was promoted to 1st Sergeant. He remained with the regiment in that capacity […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 8, 2016
In a prior post on this blog entitled Lykens Railroad Station, maps were presented showing the locations of Civil War era railroad structures at the terminus of the Lykens Valley Railroad in Lykens Borough. Today’s post will feature some of those structures as photographed in 1916 and found in the files of the Interstate Commerce […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 6, 2016
Henry H. Weaver is buried at David’s Cemetery, Killinger, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He died in late 1861 or early 1862 at Jeffersonville, Indiana, of disease, presumably “congestion of the lungs.” From the Diary of William Thomas, of Lykens Borough, who also served in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company B, with Weaver, which was compiled by […]
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