Helen and Josephine Yeiser, both hailing from Newmanstown in Millcreek Township, boasted wit and musicianship that made them international stars of vaudeville a century ago. Behind the stardom, though, the Trix Sisters’ story is one of family.
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Is the Lebanon Farmers Market, built on the site of a 19th-century prison and gallows, haunted?
“Personally, I don’t go downstairs to the restroom after dark,” a woman who works at Lebanon Farmers Market said. “I can’t put my finger on it, but it just doesn’t feel right.”
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Riding back in time at the Quentin Riding Club
Though the Quentin Riding Club went out to pasture a few years ago, its memory and history are still treasured by many.
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The history behind the Lebanon Valley Craft Brewery, which survived a century of ownership changes – and Prohibition
Lebanon Valley Craft Brewery, 840 North 7th Street in Lebanon, is set to reopen this year, marking over 60 years since the last beer was brewed at the address. The address’s history as a brewery, however, begins over 160 years ago, at a time when breweries in Lebanon were a significant local industry.
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Eight decades after the HMS Campbeltown exploded in a strategic World War II raid, its bell resides peacefully in Campbelltown
Since the famous St. Nazaire raid took place nearly 80 years ago, the bell of its most important ship has been stewarded by the citizens of Campbelltown — and has even gone on some new adventures.
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Bible of the Eisenhauer family – ancestors of President Eisenhower – is undergoing conservation
The story of the Eisenhauer family, from colonial Fredericksburg farm to the highest office in the country, is the story of a fully-realized American Dream. Now, the Lebanon County Historical Society is acting to conserve a vital family artifact.
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How Chinese cuisine made its way into Lebanon County
By the time the area’s first Chinese restaurant opened in 1974, Chinese cuisine had already made a remarkable journey from both its home country and its early restaurants on the West Coast.
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When Robert Coleman’s two-foot railway snaked through the hills of Mount Gretna
Born out of a lifelong fascination with trains, this “miniature” railway of the last Coleman family scion carried passengers all the way up to the top of Governor Dick until its owner fell into financial ruin.
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Krim’s beverages – the little Lebanon business that made a big splash in the soft drink world
From the 1920s to the 1970s, Krim’s Beverages produced a number of soda products in a modest plant at 406 S. Broad St. in Lebanon.
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The Bon Ton: Remembering its 67 years as “Lebanon’s Greatest Store”
What started as a small dry goods store soon grew into Lebanon’s largest department store, The Bon Ton.
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Ever saw ice sawed? Historical practice revived at Union Canal Tunnel Park
Last week’s Wednesday work-day meeting of the Friends of the Union Canal Tunnel Park saw an old-fashioned ice saw put to use in a practice that has largely been forgotten since the advent of mechanical refrigerators.
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Lebanon’s nightly playground dances of the 1950s-1970s
Throughout the summers of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s at playgrounds scattered throughout Lebanon, nightly dances, hosted by the radio station WLBR, were attended by thousands of teens.
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Betty Harte, Lebanon’s silent film era star
Did you know that Lebanon produced a silent film era star who appeared in over 100 films? Here’s the story of Betty Harte.
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Salem Lutheran’s past holds many lessons on history of religion in county
“Lebanon and Salem Lutheran grew up together. It has a distinguished place in the community, with its rich heritage. It has 260 years of Christian witness behind it.”
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The Boro Rams, the Bologna Bowl, and the heyday of Lebanon’s independent football teams
It was the era of sandlot matches and teams composed of neighbors and folks down the street. Here’s the story of the Lebanon Boro Rams, manager Gus Deraco, and everything else about Lebanon’s independent football scene in the 1940s and 50s.
