Story Index

The following are articles published on this site.

Historic Parks and Amusements

• The Picnic Grounds
• Hanson's Amusement Park
• Don Hanson's Amusement Park
• Hanson's Dances
• The Bud Light Ampitheatre
• Sandy Beach & Old Sandy Bottom Beach
• Sunset
• Mayer's Grove
• Sunset Park
• Hanson's Speed Boat Rides
• LVRR Railroad Excursions To The Park
• The Lake's Lost Park: The Traction Company Pavilion
• Watahunee Park
• Lake Improvement Company
• The LVRR Picnic Ground - Extra

Hotels

• Historic Hotels
• The Hotel Oneonta
• Jay's Motel, Bar and Grill
• Inns & Guesthouses
• Warden Place
• Brokenshire's Hotel

  Sports & Recreation

• The Summer Playhouse 1939
• Fishing
• Smelt Fishing
• Smith Flying Service: Revised with Video
• Championship Swimmers 1936-1939
• 1950s Speed Boat Races
• Brynfan Tyddyn Road Races
• The YWCA & Girl Scout Camps
• Lady of the Lake Beauty Contest
• Mohawk Riding Academy
• Harveys Lake Ski Area
• The Winter Lake
• The Y.M.H.A's Camp Ahmy
• Rood's Camp and Bus Service

Steamboats

• The Lake's Historic Steamboats
• The Harvey's Lake Steamboat Men - Extra

Famous Murders

• The American Tragedy Murder
• The Sugar Hollow Murder
• The Alice Crispell Mystery
• The Legend of John T. Ruth
• Murder at the Casino: The Dorothy Gilhool Case

Historic Events

• The Discovery of Harvey's Lake
• Teddy Roosevelt Visit
• Tarzan at Sandy Beach

  Myths & Legends

• Tommy O'Brien
• Tommy O'Brien... On Diving
• "Santa" Meighan
• The Missing Hydrofoil
• The Ghost Horses Legend
• The Lake With No Bottom
• Alex the Bear

Community

• Collecting Postcards
• Creation of the Harvey's Lake Borough
• Pollution at the Lake
• The Ruggles Pioneer Band
• Harvey's Lake Bottling Company
• Grotto Pizza and Modern Sunset
• Harvey's Lake Post Offices
• The Lake's Restaurants and Bars: Part I
• The Lake's Restaurants and Bars: Part II
• Lake Stores and Public Services
• The Shawanese Controversy
• Who Owns the Lake?
• The Lake's Churches: Beginnings
• Laketon High School: That Championship Season
• The Lake's Earliest Photographers
• Women Run the Lake

Drownings at the Lake

• Death by Seaplane
• Diving for Bodies
• Drownings at Harvey's Lake
• A Century of Drownings

  Early Schools

• The Outlet School and the Lake's Early Schools
• Pennsylvania School System
• WWII Honor Roll at Lake Township High School

  Industry

• The Alderson Saw Mill
• Ice Cutting on Harvey's Lake

  Transportation

• Notes on the Dallas Trolley Line by D. A. Waters
• The Lake Line Trolley
• Rood's Bus Line
• The Bowman's Creek Branch of the Lehigh Valley Railroad

  Special Sections

• The Lost History of Fern Brook Park
• Albert Lewis - Abridged
• Red Rock Game Farm
• North Mountain Bible Conference
• Wiant's Museum
• Ricketts Glen State Park: A History - Powerpoint

History Timeline

• Ch. 1 Accidental Discovery
• Ch. 2 Pioneer Settlement
• Ch. 3 The Golden Era
• Ch. 4 Between the Wars
• Ch. 5 The Modern Era

  Ghost Towns of North Mountain

• Ghost Towns - Abridged
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• Introduction
• Introduction: The Lumber Industry
• Introduction: The Ice Industry