Count Nicolaus von Zinzendorf (1700-1760)
Count Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf (1700-1760) was a German religious leader and social reformer, a bishop of the Moravian Church, a pioneer missionary, a critic of slavery, an author, a […]
Terry Allen Daniel – Upper Dauphin High School, 1962
A 1962 portrait photograph of Terry Allen Daniel, a member of the senior class of the Upper Dauphin High School, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ From the 1962 yearbook, La Memoria, of the […]
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 […]
Black Residents of Upper Dauphin County, 1880
A portion of the 1880 Federal Census for Gratz Borough, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, showing two families living in the same household. The 1880 Census used two terms to identify Blacks […]
Thomas Kerstetter Family – Almost Killed in Great Gratz Fire of 1924
A snapshot photograph of the Thomas Kerstetter family, who in 1924 were living at the Union House Hotel on the southwest corner of Market and Center Streets, Gratz, Dauphin County, […]
Black Residents of Upper Dauphin County, 1870
A portion of the 1870 Federal Census for Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, showing the household of Malachi Bird, a 30-year old barber. The household included Malachi’s wife and three children […]
Great Gratz Fire of 1924 As Reported by Elizabethville Echo
The story that appeared in the Elizabethville Echo of November 6, 1924 describing the Great Gratz Fire, differed only in the fact that it speculated as to how the fire […]