Some Fires In Vicinity of Woodside Station
Firefighters work to contain and extinguish a mountainside fire on the north side of Berries Mountain, near Woodside Station in 1935. This fire was one of many that occurred in […]
Railroad Memories of Woodside Station
Some stories about coal train derailments and Woodside Station, Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and how the mail was delayed and passengers inconvenienced. Also stories about an engineer who […]
Highway Robbery Near Loyalton, 1906
The dangers of traveling the back roads of the Lykens Valley at night became evident to Frank Wiest, a butcher. He was brutally attacked and robbed in September 1906 near […]
Dr. S. D. Diffenderfer – Traveling Dentist, 1910
This DENTAL ANNOUNCEMENT appeared in the Elizabethville Echo, October 20, 1910: Dr. S. D. Diffenderfer of Middleburg, Pennsylvania, desires to inform the public he will visit the towns named below […]
Gratz – Mid-Town Groceries, 1988
A 1988 business card advertisement for Mid-Town Groceries, Market Square, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Fresh subs and Sandwiches daily ______________________________________________ From an ad that appeared in the 1988 yearbook, La Memoria, of […]
Lykens – P & B Video Center, 1988
A 1988 advertisement for the P & B Video Center, with locations in four communities – Lykens, Millersburg, Gratz and Elizabethville – Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. MOVIES — RENTALS & SALES […]
Gratz – Reed’s Inn, 2010
A business card from around 2010 for Reed’s Inn, Restaurant and Tavern, 543 East Market Street, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. At the time, Bryant C. Hain (1980-2019), was the owner […]
Map of Gratz, 1875
An 1875 map of Gratz Borough, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The lot numbers from the original Simon Gratz map are noted for each of the properties. The map shows the location […]