Richard Nolen helped build the mining communities of northern Dauphin County. In 1865, he described how much they had changed.
An early historian’s description of Lykens and Wiconisco at conclusion of Civil War
Anthracite coal and the Civil War fueled the birth of Williamstown in the 1860s
A report from the Summit Branch Railroad Company in 1865 details the growth of a new community at the northern tip of Dauphin County.
