Norman Gasbarro | January 3, 2012
Henry Keiser Myers (1841-1900) was born in Perry County, Pennsylvania, the son of John Myers,, a farmer, and Elizabeth [Keiser] Myers. He was the grandson of Revolutionary War soldier Philip Myers. Henry’s early life was spent on his father’s farm, and as the Civil War approached, Henry was employed as a school teacher. On 21 […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 2, 2012
The Good Tannery was located at the west end of Gratz. In 1842, a “tanyard” was owned by Daniel Good and Samuel Ritter but tax records show that the property on which the Good Tannery was located was not conveyed to Daniel Good until 1843. Good had originally settled in Loyalton and operated a tannery […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 30, 2011
Today is the final post of the “Best of 2011” series and will feature a revised version of the Lykens G.A.R. Civil War Monument post of 10 December 2010. The revisions that appear below are the result of careful research by Sally Reiner, who is a member of the newly formed Lykens-Wiconisco Historical Society and […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 28, 2011
The most popular individual posts during the year were of the individual tablets on the Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg. These posts also generated a number of questions from readers who were confused as to why their ancestor’s name was not on the tablet, when in fact, they knew their ancestor was a part of the […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 27, 2011
A twelve part series on The Photographic History of the Civil War was featured during the year. For each of the ten volumes in the set, a free “pdf” download was provided. Publication of this series of blog posts also resulted in the contribution of a first-edition set of the Photographic History to the Gratz […]
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