First Houses in Gratz as Identified in 1997
A representation of the original Simon Gratz plan for the town of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, with speculative notations as to where the earliest houses were located. The question as […]
Gratz News – December 5, 1934
The following news briefs were published in the “Gratz News” section of a local newspaper, 5 December 1934: Mrs. Carrie Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schminky did shopping in Harrisburg, […]
The Legend of Simon Gratz & Thomas Jefferson
When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia in 1776, he was renting two rooms in the home of Jacob Graff, at the location of 7th and Market […]
Gratz News – November 7, 1934
The following news briefs were published in the “Gratz News” section of a local newspaper, for the week of November 7, 1934: C. U. Kratzer made a business trip to […]
Gratz – Irvin C. Adams Motors, 1965
A 1965 photograph of Irvin Adams, of Irvin C. Adams Motors, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, presenting the keys of the new driver training car to Joseph Marra, driver education instructor, […]
Charles Edwin Umholtz (1883-1932) – Coal Miner & Lifetime Gratz Area Resident
CHARLES EDWIN UMHOLTZ Charles Edwin Umholtz, age 48 years, 11 months and 7 days, died at his home in Gratz at eight o’clock Sunday morning, October 9th, as the result […]
W. Arthur Hess (1877-1958) – Director of Gratz Water Company
W. ARTHUR HESS W. Arthur Hess, age 80 years, was found dead in his home in Gratz Tuesday morning. His death was ascribed to a heart attack. Mr. Hess was […]
Jemima [Fetter] Geise (1873-1938) – A Suicide in Gratz
WIDOW FOLLOWS HUSBAND’S ACT WITH SUICIDE Mrs. Jemima Geise, Urban, whose Mate Shashed Throat Three Months Ago, Strangles Self With Leather Belt Apparently despondent over the suicide of her husband, […]