In mid February 1867, the Boston Run Colliery of Althouse and Focht near Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County, was robbed at gunpoint by a band of men who succeeded in taking most of the payroll of $4500 in cash from the officials of the mine. While the robbery was reported in several newspapers of the time, […]
The obituary of Benjamin R. Foster appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph, 8 February 1911. While his Civil War service was mentioned, it was not noted in the obituary that he had ties to at least three communities in the Lykens Valley area. Benjamin R. Foster Falls Dead Today Was One of Harrisburg’s Oldest Machinists […]
Previously on this blog, the question was asked: “Who was Thomas Elder and Why Was He Visiting Elizabethville in 1908?” The original story of his visit appeared in a Lykens Valley area newspaper in that year and stated that he was visiting family and friends on his way to Philadelphia to raise the new 46-star […]
The above Pennsylvania Veterans’ Index Card from the Pennsylvania Archives give some of the information that is know about John Donnelly (sometimes referred to the records as John Donnely). John Donnelly was about 24 years old (born about 1837) when he enrolled in the 96th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H, as a Private, at Tremont, Schuylkill […]
On this occasion of the visit of Pope Francis to the United States, occurring 22 September 2015 – 27 September 2015, a prior post on this blog is recalled. That post of 8 April 2012 was entitled, Easter 1862 – Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, Philadelphia. It featured the opening of the Basilica […]
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