Originally projected to have only killed less than 300 local young men, later investigations show 420 residents paid the ultimate sacrifice in World War II, according to a local historian. They paid the ultimate price to ensure the freedoms we enjoy now, 75 years later. The May 7, 1945, ...
A sampler, made circa 1862, was sent to Annie Barger, who was married to H. B. Dice, by her father George Barger when he was a prisoner in Andersonville Prison during the Civil War. This sampler was made by a fellow prisoner. George was a soldier in the 11th Regiment, Company D, from Jersey ...
A Zeno Gum machine, circa 1890, was in the East End Grocery that was in the 400 block of Broad Street in Montoursville from 1880 to 1930. The machine was donated in 2015 to the Gen. John Burrows Historical Society at 19 N. Loyalsock Ave. in the borough by Christina Casselberry Hayes, a ...
