Norman Gasbarro | September 21, 2011
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. […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 7, 2011
This is the seventh in a series of posts on Gratz during the Civil War. The original house on Lot #38 on the south side of Market Street was built about 1822, probably by Barbara Wiest, the widow of Jacob Wiest who died in 1811; she had re-married to Michael Salada. In 1830, John DeWalt, […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 25, 2011
The Postmaster of Gratz during the Civil War years of 1861-1865 was Daniel Lehr and the post pffice was located on the northeast corner of Market Square (Market & Center Streets) in Lehr’s General Store. The 1862 map shows the location and Lehr is listed in the “Business Directory” as the “Postmaster.” During the Civil […]
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