Norman Gasbarro | September 25, 2012
Greenwood Cemetery, Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, is located south of Grand Avenue (Route 209) in Tower City. To locate the cemetery from Grand Avenue, turn south on 4th Street and continue across the bridge over the Wiconisco Creek and the street becomes Greenwood Road. The cemetery is on the right just after the road […]
Brian Tomlin | September 24, 2012
Several times during the year, the U.S. National Park Service holds fee free days where visitors can visit the national parks without paying the daily use fee. This coming Saturday, September 29, is one of those days, in conjunction with celebration of National Public Lands Day. More than 170,000 volunteers are expected at more than […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 23, 2012
Tourism at Civil War sites in Tennessee should be helped by the publication of two pamphlets, both available free at information centers at entrances to the state and via “pdf” downloads on the web. ————————— Civil War Trails provides information on more than 1000 Civil War sites, many of which are accessible for the first […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 22, 2012
The current house on Lot #60 is not the house that was on this property at the time of the Civil War. The original house, believed to be of only one story was built before 1850 and appears on the 1855 and 1858 tax records. The oldest picture of the current house (pictured above) is […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 21, 2012
The row of houses on the south side of Market Street in the first block east of Centre Street (formerly Chestnut Street) now appears as abandoned and partially boarded-up. During the Civil War, this was the property of two Gratz businessmen, Philip W. Keiter and Cyrus Snyder. The original buildings were built some time before […]
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