A 1955 photograph of Kratzer’s Blacksmith Shop, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ______________________________ Photo and information from the Gratz Sesquicentennial Book, 1955. Corrections and additional information should be added as comments […]
In late August 1911, a barroom fight at the Erdman Hotel in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, resulted in the death of Samuel Erdman, a farmer from near Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. […]
A 1955 photograph of Heim’s Body Shop, located about one-quarter mile north of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ______________________________ Photo and information from the Gratz Sesquicentennial Book, 1955. Corrections and additional […]
An undated photograph of the Good Tannery located at the west end of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The individuals in the photograph are not identified. This tannery was built about […]
A photograph of the medical office entrance of Dr. Arthur A. Horn, of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The following biographical sketch is presented here, with some editing from the version […]
A 1946 photograph of the sanctuary of the Simeon Lutheran and Reformed Church, Gratz, Pennsylvania, decorated for the “Harvest Home Festival.” These festivals began after 1870 and were promoted by […]
The big event of September 1911 for the Lykens Valley Board of Trade and the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, was the Labor Day picnic held at Hegins Grove, Hegins, Schuylkill County, […]
A copy of an advertisement for the Gratz Academy, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, from 2 February 1978. Gratz Academy The undersigned would inform the citizens of Gratz and surrounding country […]