Norman Gasbarro | October 9, 2012
The following article was found in the Gratz Historical Society files about a program Ned Weaver presented in the 1990s. The photographs that appeared with the article are in the Civil War collection of the Gratz Historical Society and are re-produced for this post from the originals. Gratz Historical Society Learns of Local Civil War […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 4, 2012
John H. Hoffman, a descendant of Johann Peter Hoffman (1709-1798), pioneer settler of the Lykens Valley was a prosperous merchant and manufacturer of Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. His biography was prominently featured in the Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, published in 1896 by J. L. Runk Company of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. John H. Hoffman… was born […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 2, 2012
The following is taken from the Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Schuylkill County, by Samuel T. Wiley, published in 1893 by Rush, West and Company, Philadelphia: Professor Charles D. Arters, ex-postmaster of Tremont and superintendent of the schools of Tremont Township [Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania], is a son of Robert Arters and Harriet [Cox] Arters, and […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 16, 2012
The post this past Saturday featured the Open House held by the Pillow Historical Society at Pillow, Pennsylvania. The name of this community had an unusual, Civil-War-related origin as explained in a post here on 24 January 2011: ——————————— Pillow Pennsylvania Named for Inept Confederate General Pillow, the northernmost borough in Dauphin County, was incorporated […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 14, 2012
On 4 July 2011, the Pillow Historical Society had an open house at its headquarters in Pillow, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Pillow is the northern-most town in Dauphin County and on maps appears to lie past the gap in the Mahangtongo Mountain and within Northumberland County. The organization purpose of the Pillow Historical Society is to […]
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