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100th Anniversary Services at Simeon’s Church in Gratz, 1932

Services In Gratz Church Mark 100th Anniversary A week of services that will mark the 100th anniversary of Simeon’s Lutheran and Reformed Church in Gratz will open Sunday, November 20th […]

January 9, 2020
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Simon Sallada (1785-1854) – An Early Lykens Valley Settler

A biographical sketch of Simon Sallada, also known as Salada, Sallade, & Solliday, as revised and edited from what appeared in the Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County: Simon Sallade… […]

January 9, 2020
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Henry Breslin – Another Victim of Lykens Valley Bigotry?

Henry Breslin was born on 6 April 1846 in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of James Breslin Sr. (1821-1909), an immigrant from Donegal, Ireland, and a Roman Catholic, and […]

January 4, 2020 1 Comment
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Edward Crabb – African American Victim of Bigotry in Gratz (2)

This story was previously posted on The Civil War Blog on 1 July 2016 and then updated on 19 July 2017: ______________________________________ Almost exactly one year after an extremely critical […]

January 3, 2020 1 Comment
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Edward Crabb – African American Victim of Bigotry in Gratz (1)

This story was previously posted on The Civil War Blog on 1 July 2016 and then updated on 19 July 2017: __________________________________ Another Memorial Day has gone by and the […]

January 2, 2020 2 Comments
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Rev. John Adam Leis – Reformed Minister of the Lykens Valley

Rev. John Adam Leis served as minister of Simeon Reformed Church, Gratz, Dauphin County, from 1844 to 1856. ____________________________________ John Adam Leis was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania. In his […]

January 1, 2020
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Gratz News – February 24, 1926

The following news briefs were published in the “Gratz Items” section of a local newspaper for the week of 24 February 1926, and labeled, “too late for last week:” Gordon […]

December 30, 2019
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Gratz – Shadle’s Esso, 1970

A 1970 advertising photograph for Shadle’s Esso, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. General Repairing Wheel Alignment Used Cars ___________________________________ From an advertisement that appeared in the 1970 yearbook, La Memoria, of […]

December 29, 2019

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