Gratz Fair Monument
A monument at the Gratz Fair, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Horse Racing Recall Bell This race was used prior to the introduction of the automobile horse race starting gate […]
Ambrose Burnside Lincoln Hoffman (1865-1939) – Inventor of the Clover Club Cocktail
Ambrose Burnside Lincoln Hoffman, was born in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 31 August 1865, the son of William Hoffman and Amanda C. [Fritz] Hoffman. and was a direct descendant of […]
Gratz – Simeon United Lutheran Church – History Book Dedication, 1979
In 1979, Simeon United Lutheran Church, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, celebrated the 10th anniversary of the union of its Lutheran and Reformed congregations. As part of the festivities, a book […]
Gratz – High School Reunion, 1956
A photo of the 8th Annual Reunion of the Gratz Old Timers, taken on 8 May 1956 by the Wingard Studio of Millersburg, at the old Gratz Community Center, Gratz, […]
Lykens Township – Teachers of One Room Schools, Early 1800s to 1955
The committee that prepared the commemorative book for the Gratz Sesquicentennial of 1955, attempted to produce a comprehensive listing of all those persons who taught in the schools of Lykens […]
Lykens Township – Erdman Covered Bridge, 1952
A copy of a badly preserved news clipping from 1952 shows one of the last photographs taken of the covered bridge over Pine Creek, at Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, […]
Josiah P. Stine (1837-
Josiah P. Stine, farmer and tanner, was born in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 9 September 1837, the son of son of John P. Stine and Regina [Coleman] Stine. He […]
John Rickert (1829-1910)
John Rickert, farmer, was born near Gratz, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 4 January 1829, a son of Henry Rickert and Sarah [Romberger] Rickert. Adam Romberger, maternal grandfather of John […]