The Great Gratz Fire of 1924 as Reported by the Elizabethville Echo
GRATZ HAS BIG FIRE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING NO FIRE FIGHTING APPARATUS, FIVE TOWNS SENT HELP The whole town of Gratz, six hundred population was threatened by a fire on Tuesday […]
Henry Leroy Laudenslager (1919-1986) – Mayor of Gratz
HENRY LAUDENSLAGER – WAS MAYOR OF GRATZ Henry Laudenslager, 66, mayor of Gratz, died Sunday in Veterans Administration Medical Center, Lebanon. Mr. Laudenslager was a member of Gratz Borough Council […]
Dauphin County and the French and Indian War
A graphic image made in 1900 by William Henry Lippincott of an Indian raid on a colonial settlement at Deerfield, Massachusetts. While the artist attempted to depict an event that […]
Pine Grove Post Office, 1908
The stamped corner of a penny post card mailed from the Pine Grove Post Office, Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, January 11, 1908, 4 P. M. __________________________________________ Corrections and additional […]
Leon J. Keene – 20 Years Service With General State Authority, 1969
A newspaper photograph of Leon J. Keene (left), a native of Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, receiving a plaque from James D. Logan (right), Executive Director of the General State Authority […]
Plans for Elizabethville Park & Playground, 1920
An article in the Elizabethville Echo of July 29, 1920 provided architectural plans and description of the proposed park for the Borough of Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania: Harrisburg, July 28 […]
Europeans Permanently Settle in Dauphin County
A 1732 map of New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, from the Library of Congress. The map was drawn by Herman Moll, a London cartographer. The Susquehanna River […]
Wiconisco Post Office, 1907
The stamped corner of a penny post card mailed from Wiconisco Post Office, Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, October 21, 1907. Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to […]