Norman Gasbarro | February 20, 2012
The most impressive shrine to our sixteenth president, Abraham Lincoln, is located in Washington, D.C., at the end of the mall on ground that once was a swamp. Thousands of tourists stop at the monument each day, climb its steps and take photographs of the large statute of Lincoln, his words from two of his […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 19, 2012
The last stop on the Lykens Valley Railroad was Millersburg, where connections could be made with the Northern Central Railroad. This was one of the busiest points in the Union during the Civil War and everything from freight to regular passenger trains to troop trains to prisoner trains traveled through this small town day and […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 3, 2012
The following article appeared in the Lykens Standard, 22 August 1902: WOMAN’S RELIEF CORPS LYKENS — The Woman’s relief Corps of this place is not a large body, but notwithstanding they have labored for many years, and with good results, to advance the standard of patriotism and loyalty to country and to instill the belief […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 1, 2012
THOMAS M. WILLIAMS, manager of the Lykens Valley and Summit Valley Branch Coal Company. He was born in Wales, G. B., June 5, 1835. He is the only child of John and Margaret (Morgan) Williams. His father was a tiler and plasterer; he died in Wales in 1837. His mother was married again, to Thomas […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 26, 2012
William Thompson of Tower City was born about 1839 or 1840 in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, the son of Alexander Thompson (1805-1873), an immigrant from Scotland who emigrated to America in 1828 to engage in various pursuits including flour milling, lumbering and mining. William Thompson‘s mother was the first wife of Alexander, Isabella Stoddart Pennman (1816-1851). […]
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