Norman Gasbarro | December 8, 2010
During the Civil War, one railroad ran from the interior of the Lykens Valley area to the Susquehanna River. Believed to be completed in 1834, the line went from Millersburg to Lykens. Its primary use was to transport coal from the coal mines around Lykens to the Susquehanna River. Horses pulled the early coal cars […]
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Tags: Elizabethville, Loyalton, Lykens Borough, Millersburg, Monument, Oak Dale, Railroad, Specktown, Washington Township
Norman Gasbarro | November 29, 2010
Entering Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, from the west on Route 209, a large stone monument can be seen up on a grassy bank on the right side of the road. The bronze plaque reads: Eisenhower Ancestral Home. Built in 1854 by Jacob F. Eisenhower, grandfather of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States […]
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Tags: Boone family, Buffington family, Dietrich family, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Eisenhower Family, Elizabethville, Halifax, Hoffman family, Hoover family, Matamoras, Matter family, Monument, Porter Township, Romberger family
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