Gratz Bicentennial Mural – Drive-In Theatre
A 2010 photograph of the section of the Gratz History Mural featuring the Gratz Drive-in Theatre. A picture of a wildcat is projected on the screen. For an explanation of […]
Gratz Bicentennial Mural – Overview
On May 30, 2005, a 75-foot wall mural entitled “A Walk Through History” was dedicated in the Community Building in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, commemorating 200 years of Gratz history […]
Levi Umholtz Family of Gratz, 1900
A studio photograph taken about 1900 of the Levi Umholtz family of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Levi Umholtz was born on August 30, 1853, in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, […]
Levi Umholtz Family – More Questions
An undated photograph, possibly from around 1920, of a reunion or anniversary celebration of the Levi Umholtz family at a house in either Gratz or Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Levi […]
Near East Relief and the Lykens Valley Area
Today’s blog post looks at news items from the Elizabethville Echo that described community efforts to educate and raise funds for relief for the tens of thousands of orphans of […]
Thomas F. Hepler Day in Gratz
On February 18, 2021, the Citizen-Standard of Valley View, published a news release from the Gratz Borough Council, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, making September 4 as Mayor Thomas F. Hepler […]
Sarah Ellen Dietrich (1915-1921) – Died of Lock Jaw After Vaccination
SAD DEATH ON CHRISTMAS EVE On Christmas eve Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dietrich of near Gratz were taking their 6 year old daughter, Sarah Ellen Dietrich, to the Harrisburg Hospital, […]
Thomas F. Hepler (1939-2021) – Mayor of Gratz
THOMAS F. HEPLER Thomas Frederick Hepler of Gratz, Pennsylvania, died on Sunday, February 28, 2021 at the age of 81 at home with his family around him. Born on September […]