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 […]
Simon Sallada (1785-1854) – Early Settler of the Lykens Valley
A biographical sketch of Simon Sallada, also known as Salada, Sallade, & Solliday, as revised and edited from what appeared in the Elizabethville Sesquicentennial Book, published in 1967: Simon Sallada […]
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… […]
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 […]
Erdman – Klinger’s Church, 1894
An April 1894 photograph said to have been taken by Theodore Rabuck just before this first Klinger’s Church was razed to make room for the building that presently serves the […]
Amanda [Cooper] Hartman (1841-1932) – Widow of Township Farmer
MRS. AMANDA HARTMAN, 91, BURIED MONDAY Mrs. Amanda Hartman, age 91 years, 3 months and 5 days, died at the home of her niece, Mrs. Ida Bowman, West Broad Street, […]
Pennsylvania Driver License, 1942
The front and back of a 1942 Pennsylvania Operator’s License for motor vehicles, issued to William E. Deitrich [Dietrich], Lykens R. D. [Specktown, Lykens Township], Box 65, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. […]