On 3 October 1929, the Elizabethville Echo reported on a scheduled hearing to determine whether a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad would be allowed to operate busses between Lykens and […]
Only weeks after they took possession of the old Zerbe Hotel in Loyalton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania and began operating it as Snyder’s Hotel, the Clyde Snyder farm in Lykens Township […]
MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES OF GRATZ, PENNSYLVANIA – 1922 Chief Burgess: James M. Kissinger (pictured above) Council: George Hepler; Elmer Coleman; John Williard; Harry Umholtz; Harvey Miller; Ira Rothermel. School Board: Charles […]
The Elizabethville Echo of 30 September 1906 reported the following story of a highway robbery on the Uniontown Road: A bold highway robbery took place on top of the hill […]
At the time of her 90th birthday on 15 February 1966, Jennie [Keiper] Deitrich was interviewed by a local newspaper at her home in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and the […]
The following article appeared in the Elizabethville Echo, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 20 March 1919. While it is not really a comprehensive history of the local draft board that was […]
A photograph of Smith’s Place, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, that appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph, 16 March 1911, as part of a essay on “Enterprising Business Firms in the Lykens […]
A photograph of the J. J. Buffington Harness Factory, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, that appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph, 16 March 1911, as part of a essay on “Enterprising Business […]