
Singersville

Singersville Station was 1.2 miles from the Dauphin Station, and I can barely remember it, but one of the fellows who lived at Singersville as a boy told me this: "The Singersville Station stood on the left side of the road, facing Stony Creek, as you went up Singersville Lane. The station was not a large building, but I understand that there was a stove in it, which leads me to wonder who built the fire and would a single train on a single track, with only a few stops, run so late that a fire was needed to warm the waiting passenger. Just a minute! I forgot that when this train first chugged out Stony Creek, the main means of getting to the station was the horse and wagon or sleigh. I imagine that many a time the waiting passenger, either going or coming, would find themselves in need of a fire."
Singersville was quite a busy place during the late Nineteenth Century and the early Twentieth Century.
A mill operated at Singersville grinding the grains that were grown in the valley. I don't know if it was still in operation when it was destroyed by fire about 1940, but I remember going out to see the fire.
There was a one room school house in close proximity to the station. I have no idea when this school closed but the foundation can still be seen.
Two dance halls, at different times, flourished at Singersville. One operated around 1920 and was located high up Singersville Lane. The other operated around 1930 and was located along the creek. I understand a swinging bridge over the creek was the means of access.
The main point of interest at Singersville was the now famous "McKee's Store" that operated in the Singersville area until about 1935. The picture of the store with the "Indian Kerosene" sign on it reminds me that the sign still hangs on the wall of a Stony Valley Garage.
When I was about twelve, Ed Evans bought the farm at the end of Singersville Lane. His in-laws lived on the farm and my uncle lived with them. I spent many Sunday afternoons enjoying country living on the farm.
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-- Photograph Courtesy of Dauphin-Middle Paxton Historical Society--