A biographical sketch of Simon Sallada, also known as Salada, Sallade, & Solliday, as revised and edited from what appeared in the Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County: Simon Sallade… […]
Henry Breslin was born on 6 April 1846 in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of James Breslin Sr. (1821-1909), an immigrant from Donegal, Ireland, and a Roman Catholic, and […]
This story was previously posted on The Civil War Blog on 1 July 2016 and then updated on 19 July 2017: ______________________________________ Almost exactly one year after an extremely critical […]
This story was previously posted on The Civil War Blog on 1 July 2016 and then updated on 19 July 2017: __________________________________ Another Memorial Day has gone by and the […]
Rev. John Adam Leis served as minister of Simeon Reformed Church, Gratz, Dauphin County, from 1844 to 1856. ____________________________________ John Adam Leis was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania. In his […]
The following news briefs were published in the “Gratz Items” section of a local newspaper for the week of 24 February 1926, and labeled, “too late for last week:” Gordon […]
A 1970 advertising photograph for Shadle’s Esso, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. General Repairing Wheel Alignment Used Cars ___________________________________ From an advertisement that appeared in the 1970 yearbook, La Memoria, of […]
The following news briefs were published in the “Gratz Items” section of a local newspaper for the week of 20 January 1926: The sale of Harry Schlegel was largely attended […]