Free Blacks in Lykens Township & Gratz, 1820
Two African Americans have been identified in the Census of 1820, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The 1820 Census was the first in which Gratz was recognized as a town. […]
Slaves in the Household of Adam Bender, 1810
A section of a page from the Census of 1810 for Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, showing the household of Adam Bender. The interpretation of the original page, shown […]
Why Was There a Cross Burning in Elizabethville in 2015?
On Thursday evening, 22 January 2015, a hate crime occurred in Washington Township, just outside the Borough of Elizabethville, at the home of a young African American woman. The woman, […]
Egle’s History of Gratz, 1883
On the question of when Gratz was actually founded, William Henry Egle noted in 1883 in a selection entitled “Gratz Borough,” noted, without providing proof, that the town was “laid […]
Rev. Martine Joseph – Lutheran Minister of the Lykens Valley
Martine Joseph served as pastor of Simeon United Lutheran Church, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, from her ordination in 2012 to 2016. A brief biography of her appears on line from […]
Philadelphia Man Charged With Reckless Driving in Millersburg, 1940
NEGRO ARRESTED FOR RECKLESS DRIVING Gradies F. Adams, colored of Philadelphia, was held on a charge of reckless driving on Tuesday morning at 1 o’clock when his Buick Coupe collided […]
Gratz Woman Scammed in Harrisburg, 1944
POLICE SEEK PAIR FOR TRICKING WOMAN Two Negro women who tricked a Gratz woman out of $50 at a Harrisburg store Friday, are being sought by Harrisburg police. Victim of […]
Henry Keiser – Reminiscences of Lykens in 1850
On 27 May 1927, the Lykens Standard published a reminiscence of Henry Keiser, Civil War veteran, of 1850 Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ REMINISCENCES Interesting Dates of Lykens 77 Years […]