Elizabethville – Second Public School Building, 1862-1870
The Old Stone Church remained the only public school site in Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, until the early 1860s, when land was donated by Adam Q. Bender at the southeast […]
Elizabethville – First Public School Building, 1835-1862
Public schooling began in Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in 1835. The first school room was in the 16 x 26 foot basement of the Salem Lutheran and Reformed Church, which […]
Susan A. [Zimmerman] Travitz (1857-1949)
MRS. SUSAN A. TRAVITZ Mrs. Susan Amanda Travitz, age 91 years, widow of Cornelius Travitz, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Curtis Zimmerman, Tower City, Wednesday evening. She […]
Lehman’s West End Dairy, 1908
A photograph of a milk wagon from the West End Dairy operated by a member of the Lehman family. On the back of this picture post card, written in pencil, […]
Catharine R. [Henninger] Hartman (1863-1948)
MRS. CATHARINE HARTMAN Mrs. Catharine Rebecca Hartman, age 84 years, wife of Daniel Hartman, died at her home in Gratz Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Hartman was a daughter of the late […]
Fire Razes Loyalton Barn, 1933
From the Elizabethville Echo, 1 June 1933: FIRE RAZED BIG LOYALTON BARN TUESDAY MORNING Fire of undetermined origin destroyed a huge barn on the farm of William Hechler a short […]
Peter E. Stine (1861-1948) – Creamery Owner & Rural Letter Carrier
P. E. STINE PASSED AWAY WEDNESDAY Peter E. Stine, age 86 years, died at the home of his son, Hubert Stine in Berrysburg, at noon on Wednesday. He had been […]
William W. Crabb (1876-1948) – Great-Grandson of Early Gratz Settler
WILLIAM W. CRABB William W. Crabb, age 71 years, of Loyalton, died in a Harrisburg hospital on Saturday. Mr. Crabb was a son of William Crabb and Sarah [Welker] Crabb. […]