Norman Gasbarro | September 10, 2011
This post is a continuation of the story of the Soldiers’ Monument of Schuylkill County. From the History of Pottsville and Schuylkill County by Joseph H. Zerber: Upon resolution… a committee… was named to consult with artists and report on a design for the monument and the material to be used for its construction. It […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 9, 2011
The largest and most impressive monument recognizing the achievements and valor of the men who served in the Civil War from the western parts of Schyulkill County (in the areas adjacent to Upper Dauphin County), is the Soldiers’ Monument of Schuylkill County, located in the Borough of Pottsville. Although Pottsville is located just outside the […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 8, 2011
This is the eleventh in a series of posts on Gratz during the Civil War. The original house on Lot #85 on the north side of Market Street was built about 1832 at the time the land was conveyed to John Welker (1784-1854). The earliest found picture of the house is shown above and is […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 7, 2011
DEATH OF JOHN WERNER LYKENS – The many friends at this place of John Werner, proprietor of the Union House, Tower City, were shocked to hear of his death, which occurred Tuesday evening at 9 o’clock [12 February 1901]. Mr. Werner and wife visited the Big Run hotel, a few miles west of town, last […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 6, 2011
This is the tenth in a series of posts on Gratz during the Civil War. The original house on Lot #66 on the south side of Market Street was built before 1838. In 1838, a property transaction was made whereupon Conrad Schreffler, a blue dyer, who had been in Gratz for about 20 years, obtained […]
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