Berrysburg – Fire Threatens Foster Store, 1941
FIRE THREATENS BERRYSBURG STORE Fire of undetermined origin completely destroyed a small building, used as a wash house, and for a time threatened the store building of Mrs. Mary E. […]
Gratz News – May 13, 1936
The following news briefs were published in the “Gratz News” section of a local newspaper, 13 May 1936: Rev. Ralph Todd, of Pine Swamp, was entertained over the week end […]
Rev. Oscar E. Pflueger – Lutheran Minister of the Lykens Valley
Rev. Oscar E. Pflueger served as minister of Simeon Lutheran Church, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 1889-1902. Oscar E. Pflueger was born 11 March 1861, a son of James L. Pflueger […]
Rev. Joseph Hillpot – Lutheran Minister of the Lykens Valley
Save Rev. Joseph Hillpot served as minister of Simeon Lutheran Church, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 1881-1889. Joseph Hillpot was born on 27 December 1835, in Tinicum, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, a […]
Richard Nolen – Recollections of 40 Years, 1825-1865 (7 of 7)
Part 7. From the Lykens Standard, 6 June 1902: RECOLLECTIONS OF 40 YEARS Regarding the Lykens Valley Coal Mines and Vicinity Adjacent BY RICHARD NOLEN, ESQ. Which first appeared in […]
Rev. Calvin F. Kuder – Lutheran Minister of the Lykens Valley
Rev. Calvin F. Kuder served as minister of Simeon Lutheran Church, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 1903-1906. ___________________________________ From a biography published as part of a Gratz history in 1997: Calvin […]
Richard Nolen – Recollections of 40 Years, 1825-1865 (6 of 7)
Part 6. From the Lykens Standard, 30 May 1902: RECOLLECTIONS OF 40 YEARS Regarding the Lykens Valley Coal Mines and Vicinity Adjacent BY RICHARD NOLEN, ESQ. Which first appeared in […]
Leonard Stiely (1872-1936) – Miner & Farmer of Porter Township
FUNERAL FOR PROMINENT PORTER TOWNSHIP RESIDENT HELD FRIDAY Leonard Stiely, age 64 years, died at his home in Tower City September 1st, after an illness of several months. Mr. Stiely […]