Lewisberry’s Dr. Webster Lewis and his son Robert, a physician in Dover, were among the early conductors in York County’s Underground Railroad movement.
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Amanda Berry was born a slave near Long Green in Baltimore County, Maryland. She and
Jacob Wirt was a prominent 19th-century businessman and civic leader in Hanover, Pennsylvania. He owned
“Captain Tanner,” an orderly dispatched from General Gordon called down from his lathered mount, “Compliments
Battle to save Underground Railroad Station marks 154th anniversary of Rebel invasion of York County
Today marks the 154th anniversary of the beginning of the Confederate invasion of York County,
In the early 1800s, York County, Pennsylvania, played an important role in the growing movement
A few months ago, I was among a small group of fellow history buffs who
Old West gunslingers, marshals, sheriffs, and cowboys have always fascinated me. As a lad, I
Ye Olde Valley Inn was a familiar sight to generations of York Countians, set alongside
Henry W. Grant was born to enslaved parents in Cecil County, Maryland, and grew up