Samuel Strause News Today

100 years ago — 1923 Lewistown: There were many of the Lewistown folks attending the McKeansburg Grangers picnic Saturday.

LebTown December 10, 2020 4 min read Part of the Camp Strause map as printed in the Lebanon Daily News, 9 Feb. 1929. Lake Strause, nestled in the valley between Blue Mountain to the north and Little Mountain to the south, is today a small Bethel Township community. But in its past, it was Camp Strause — a Boy Scout camp built thanks to the generosity of a lumber businessman. The story begins with a man named Samuel Strause. Strause was born in Berks County in 1866 to Monr...