In September 1911, the foreign workers who were employed in the construction of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad went on strike at Millersburg and were discharged by their employer, the Pinkerton […]
A photograph taken at the Gratz Fairgrounds in 1955 of the family of Abraham “Abe” Gross, who was born in Russia in March 1873 and emigrated to the United States […]
The danger evident in the work camps of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad was noted in a brief article which appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph, 15 August 1911. One of the […]
An undated picture post card view of the Union House Hotel, also known as the Rogers Hotel, located on the southwest corner of the main square of Gratz, Dauphin County, […]
The Pinkerton Construction Company of Philadelphia, given the contract to build the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, decided to hire mostly foreign laborers instead of local labor. The workers, many of whom […]
A 1911 photograph of the David Belles’ pear trees on what was described as a model Lykens Valley farm in a article that appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph, 16 March […]
The Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, begun in 1910, with plans to connect Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, with Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, turned out to be a colossal failure. In addition to […]
A 1911 photograph of the David Belles’ apple trees on what was described as a model Lykens Valley farm in a article that appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph, 16 March […]