Norman Gasbarro | December 14, 2018
Previously on this blog, it was reported that when Conrad Zimmerman died on 22 October 1930, he was the last surviving member of the disbanded Halifax G.A.R. Post. It was also reported that although Conrad Zimmerman was not married, for the last 30 years of his life, he lived with an African American woman, Roxie […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 29, 2018
Charles H. Geist served in the 192nd Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H, as a Private during the Civil War. He was mustered into service on 21 February 1865 and was honorably discharged on 24 August 1865. On 11 November 1892, he applied for an invalid pension based on his service. The record card shown above from […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 11, 2018
Minersville, Schuylkill County, is adjacent to the area of study of the Civil War Research Project. No doubt though, what happened there was well known within the Lykens Valley area. The Pottsville Republican, of 30 June 1927, reported on a Ku Klux Klan event for the 4th of July – a parade of Klansmen in Minersville. […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 9, 2018
Few religious leaders spoke out against the Ku Klux Klan when it was at its height in the mid-1920s in the Lykens Valley area. One exception was the Rev. Dr. George W. Humphreys, who delivered a scathing sermon against the hooded order when he was the pastor of the Methodist Church at Shenandoah, Schuylkill County […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 4, 2018
Previously on this blog, the following was reported: 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, […]
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