Many descriptions of the Great Gratz Fire of November 4, 1924, have been published – including the accounts of newspapers of the local area and region and summaries of the fire written […]
Many descriptions of the Great Gratz Fire of November 4, 1924, have been published – including the accounts of newspapers of the local area and region and summaries of the fire written […]
The cover of Gratz Memories, Volume 2, published by the Gratz Historical Society, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 1987. Contributors: Margaret Dowling, Leah Hollenbach, Lena Kessler, Luma Rothermel, Guy Schieb, Lois Schoffstall, Carolyn Schwalm, Marie Stine, Hannah [Clark] Seeger, Myrtle Koppenhaver, Hal Hepler, Harry Shiro Sr., Laura […]
On September 17, 1907, at the cider mill of Senary Erdman in Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, a boiler exploded killing Elmer Artz, seriously injuring Samuel Martz, and injuring […]
A colorized photograph of Charles Curtis and Herbert Hoover, taken after they received the nomination of the Republican Party for Vice President and President in the Election of 1928. (Original […]
ELEANOR ADA ROWE Eleanor Ada Rowe, 12 years, 11 months and 15 days, daughter of Richard Rowe and Dorothy Rowe of WIconisco Street, Wiconisco, died Saturday, October 29th [1932] at […]
LYKENS VALLEY COAL – WHEN DISCOVERED On a Sabbath day in the year 1825, Jacob Burd Sr., and Peter Kimes, then living at the lower end of Short Mountain, in […]
An undated, colorized studio photograph of Henry Oscar Umholtz (1863-1950) and his wife Mary [Strayer] Umholtz (1862-1929), who lived in Gratz or Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, most of their […]