Norman Gasbarro | December 30, 2011
Today is the final post of the “Best of 2011” series and will feature a revised version of the Lykens G.A.R. Civil War Monument post of 10 December 2010. The revisions that appear below are the result of careful research by Sally Reiner, who is a member of the newly formed Lykens-Wiconisco Historical Society and […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 23, 2011
Church of the Brethren Cemetery is located just north of Route 209 in Upper Paxton Township. In traveling west from Rife, the Free Grace Church appears on the left and within a short distance, on the other side of the road, there is a sign for Keefer’s Road. Turn right at Keefer’s Road and the […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 19, 2011
Today, the blog post again continues to feature members of the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, who served the full term of nine months and received honorable discharges on 5 August 1863. The research results presented here are based on preliminary data gathering on each of the members of the company and searches for Pension […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 2, 2011
Today, the blog post again continues to feature members of the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, who served the full term of nine months and received honorable discharges on 5 August 1863. The research results presented here are based on preliminary data gathering on each of the members of the company and searches for Pension […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 1, 2011
The restored railroad station at Lykens Borough, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, is one of the last pieces of evidence that this small town was once a transportation center and the connecting point for two major eastern railroads, the Pennsylvania and the Reading. During the Civil War, the Reading line had not yet been completed to Lykens […]
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