Gratz Fair Cancelled for 2020
The organizers of the Gratz Fair have canceled the 2020 event which was scheduled to take place in September. They have urged all to “remind ourselves of the past [fairs].” […]
Old Soldiers Ousted from Pottsville Armory, 1922
Imagine how many times this must have happened throughout the country? “State officials… oust… Gowen Post G.A.R. from its headquarters in State Armory. The Civil War veterans, who have extensive […]
A Black-Face Play in Gratz, 1916
The Harrisburg Telegraph of April 8, 1916, reported the following about a black-face play that was to be presented by the Ladies’ Aid Society of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. While […]
Gratz – New Home on Corner of Market & Centre Streets, 1903
A photograph dated 1903 of the new home built on the southeast corner of Market and Center Streets, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The house replaced the Lykens Hotel, a two […]
Rev. Dr. Calvin P. Wehr & Family with Horse & Buggy
An undated photograph of Rev. Dr. Calvin Peter Wehr with his wife, Agnes E. [Peters] Wehr and daughter Florence A. Wehr and Rev. Wehr’s horse and buggy. Rev. Dr. Wehr […]
Rev. Adam Zimmerman – Reformed Minister of the Lykens Valley
Rev. Adam Zimmerman served as minister of Simeon Reformed Church, Gratz, Dauphin County, from 1902 to 1904. ________________________________ Adam Zimmerman was born 12 April 1864, in Gnadenhutten, Ohio. He was […]
John H. Miller (1858-1904) & Ellen C. [Buffington] Miller (1855-1920)
An undated portrait photograph of John H. Miller (1858-1935) and his wife Ellen C. [Buffington] Miller (1855-1920) of Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The following story was located in a […]
Letter to I. D. Steel at Gratz, 1870
An envelope or cover addressed to I. D. Steel, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The sender is unknown as is the place of origin (—– ville?, Pennsylvania), but from the pen […]