Gratz Area Stone Bridge
A portion of an undated watercolor painting identified as “Stone Bridge Gratz Area.” The artist is identified as “Carolyn Haines, a Millersburg Artist.” Not much more is known about this […]
Galusha A. Grow – Speaker, U. S. House of Representatives
Galusha Aaron Grow (1822-1907) was the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 37th Congress and served in that capacity from 1861 through 1863. He represented the 14th Congressional District […]
Charles L. Blockson (1933-2023) – Historian of the Underground Railroad
Charles Leroy Blockson, “Historian of the Underground Railroad,” died June 14, 2023, at his home in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He was 89 years old. For those interested in the history […]
Gratz – Veterans of Foreign Wars
An undated membership pin for the Diamond Jubilee Post No. 2385, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Gratz, Dauphin County Pennsylvania. Since the late 1970s, the headquarters of this organization has been […]
Gratz – Byler’s Hotel & Klinger Store Destroyed by Fire, 1886
An 1862 street map of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, showing the location of the store and hotel that were destroyed by fire on May 1, 1886. To this time, this […]
Loyalton – Man with 2 Wives Kills Father & Self, 1962
A man from Washington, D. C., went to visit his father near Loyalton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, supposedly to get financial assistance to help him get through his loss of his […]
Gratz Shirt Factory Destroyed by Fire, 1952
A newspaper photograph of spectators surveying the damage at the Dormar Manufacturing Company’s Gratz shirt factory, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, June 19, 1952. The early evening fire caused $75,000 to […]
A History of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, 1905-1921
A photograph taken on September 15, 1910, of the groundbreaking ceremonies at Killinger, Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, for the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, which was to be constructed from […]