Gratz News – October 20, 1927
The following news briefs were published in the “Gratz News” section of a local newspaper, for the week of 20 October 1927: The stork has been busy visiting with a […]
Samuel Paul (1858-1958) – The Valley View Peddler
From The Valley Citizen, 24 July 1958: A one man community business institution is now history in Valley View. Sam Paul, who will be 80 years young on his next […]
Mary [Maurer] Lehr (1848-1937) – Oldest Resident of Gratz
Aged Gratz Resident Died Saturday Mrs. Mary Lehr, age 88 years, 6 months and 15 days, oldest resident of the Gratz community, died at her home, that place, at 10 […]
Board of Trade Meeting Held at Hegins, September 1911
With the plans for the building of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad came a number of so-called “investors” who sought money-making opportunities in the Lykens Valley. At a meeting held in […]
Upper Mahantongo Township – Topographical Map
An undated topographical map of Upper Mahantongo Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, produced by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. The communities of Klingerstown, Rough & Ready, and Hepler are […]