Undertakers in Harrisburg found their morgues full of flu victims in October 1918 with no way to give them proper burials.
During the height of the 1918 influenza outbreak, central Pennsylvania ran out of coffins
“Cut off from the rest of the world” – First World War disrupted life in northern Dauphin County
A change in railroad schedules to support the American war effort in 1917 left residents of the Upper End isolated and angry.
A fiery speech in 1917 cited “the blood of the Civil War veterans” to call for American entrance into World War I
A minister in Wisconsin summons the memory of his father, a Civil War veteran, while advocating war against Germany.
Two Upper Dauphin Pilots Killed in November 1918
As World War I came to a conclusion in 1918, news filtered back to Dauphin County about two local pilots killed overseas.
