In the post yesterday, the origins of the Riegel family in Pennsylvania were noted, with the first settlers of this name in the Lykens Valley being Andreas Riegel (1750-1815) and his sons, who came to the valley from Berks County, Pennsylvania. Andreas and his wife Catherine [Hoffman] Riegle (1751-1819) are believed to be buried in […]
The lot numbered 41 in the original Simon Gratz layout of the town of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was sold in 1816 to a farmer, Peter Ritzman, an early settler of Lykens Township. Ritzman built the house shortly afterward and by 1818 sold the property to Jacob Hoover. Hoover continued to live in Lykens Township […]
The post today looks at additional information discovered from research about the Lykens G.A.R. Monument. The criteria for inclusion of names on the monument is presented as well as some discussion of the work of Henry Keiser in finalizing plans for the monument’s erection. The last post describing the monument was presented as part of […]
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 […]
In the years before the Civil War and in the years following the war in which veterans returned and lived in Gratz, this property, known as Lot #42 on the original Simon Gratz subdivision, was owned by three families. Each of the families had a number of Civil War veterans who were associated with it. […]
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