Norman Gasbarro | June 9, 2012
On 14 March 1891, an article appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer that reported the abduction of a 16-year old girl from outside her home in Shamokin, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Upon closer examination of this incident it became apparent that the father of the girl was Daniel Stoop, who was a veteran of the 50th Pennsyvlania […]
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Norman Gasbarro | April 2, 2012
On 8 April 1904, the Lykens Standard reported the death of a former Lykens area resident, Joseph Louden, who had served with the 76th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, as a Private and Corporal from 24 October 1861 through 28 November 1864. The obituary indicated that the name of the deceased was “Joshua Louden” and the […]
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Norman Gasbarro | March 23, 2012
Part 4. The Dauphin County Memorial to the Civil War is currently located in a park at 3rd Street and Division Streets near William Penn High School and near Italian Lake. It is now in the Uptown section of Harrisburg, north of what was once the entrance area to Camp Curtin. The monument stands about […]
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Norman Gasbarro | March 15, 2012
Part 3. The Dauphin County Memorial to the Civil War is currently located in a park at 3rd Street and Division Streets near William Penn High School and near Italian Lake. It is now in the Uptown section of Harrisburg, north of what was once the entrance area to Camp Curtin. The monument stands about […]
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Norman Gasbarro | March 14, 2012
Part 2. The Dauphin County Memorial to the Civil War is currently located in a park at 3rd Street and Division Streets near William Penn High School and near Italian Lake. It is now in the Uptown section of Harrisburg, north of what was once the entrance area to Camp Curtin. The monument stands about […]
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Tags: Gratz Borough, Halifax, Jackson Township, Jefferson Township, Lykens Borough, Lykens Township, Monument, Reed Township, Washington Township, Wiconisco, Women