York, PA Had Its Own Wall Street
Wall Street, 1903 A colleague recently asked me where Wall Street used to be in York. It doesn’t appear on present-day maps. A search through old maps with a magnifying glass located a tiny little Wall...
View ArticleYork County Had Foresters and Wood Choppers
Illustration from York Wood Choppers charter, 1898. I was recently asked about an 1899 York Press reference to Foresters and Wood Choppers. Sound like people connected to lumbering, right? Not when you...
View ArticleMystery Baton/Cane/Walking Stick and Derby Hat from York County
Does anyone know what H&B could stand for on this cane? Last Saturday a gentleman brought it into the York County Heritage Trust Library/Archives to see if he could figure it out, perhaps by...
View ArticleFormer Yorker Richard Rush Gets Smithsonian Gold
Richard Rush (1780-1859) served the United States in many important posts at various times, including Secretary of the Treasury, Attorney General, acting Secretary of State, Minister to Great Britain...
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York County directories contain a wealth of information
Old “City Directories,” which eventually covered small towns, suburbs and even rural areas are invaluable sources for researching the past. You can find out where your family members lived and worked;...
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Cross and Crown lit up York Square in 1913
We’ve seen illuminated objects hang over York’s Center/Centre/Continental Square, usually stars, once ever a glittering chandelier, in celebration of Christmas. But what occasion merited the square...
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Not all York County news of the past was good
Newspaper ad for 1929 Ku Klux Klan meeting Most of us probably think of African American persecution when we hear Ku Klux Klan. The haters cast a broader net in York County in the first half of the...
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York’s Old Post Office/Federal Building/Masonic Lodge (part five)
Gethsemane Hall on North Beaver Street My past several posts have been on the old York Post Office at the corner of Philadelphia and Beaver streets in York. Since it is slated for renovation and reuse,...
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Susquehanna rock symbol solved, but why is it there?
Bob Greer left a comment on my recent blog post about the engravings on a large rock at the edge of the Susquehanna River just upstream from Marietta. He identified the arch with the 2 ½ as a symbol...
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