Norman Gasbarro | January 21, 2012
The two original lots here, #2 and #4, may have been the first lots sold by Simon Gratz when a transaction was made in 1811. The first owner was John Orndorff who was believed to be the first doctor to live in Gratz. Ordorff had a difficult time in that he lost the property, had […]
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Norman Gasbarro | January 20, 2012
The memorial for Pennsylvania recipients of the Medal of Honor is located in Harrisburg, Dauphin County on the east side of the Capitol Building. A grove of trees (Soldiers and Sailors Grove) flanks the grounds where the name of each individual with the date and place of service is noted on a stone in the […]
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Norman Gasbarro | January 19, 2012
The memorial for Pennsylvania recipients of the Medal of Honor is located in Harrisburg, Dauphin County on the east side of the Capitol Building. A grove of trees (Soldiers and Sailors Grove) flanks the grounds where the name of each individual with the date and place of service is noted on a stone in the […]
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Norman Gasbarro | January 18, 2012
The memorial for Pennsylvania recipients of the Medal of Honor is located in Harrisburg, Dauphin County on the east side of the Capitol Building. A grove of trees (Soldiers and Sailors Grove) flanks the grounds where the name of each individual with the date and place of service is noted on a stone in the […]
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Norman Gasbarro | January 17, 2012
The house which stood on Lot #22, next to the Gratz National Bank, no longer exists. Its last owner and occupant, Guy Snyder, is remember by a plaque and a gazebo which were placed there by the bank after it acquired the property. During Civil War times, the owner of this lot and building was […]
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