Amos Griest of the Foustown area of York County PA was a conductor in the covert Underground Railroad in the 1840s and 50s
Tag: William C. Goodridge
In Nov. 1864, Maryland photographer Theophilus Munder took over the space in York’s Centre Hall vacated by Glenalvin Goodridge.
Living historian Kelly Summerford will appear as Underground Railroad conductor William C. Goodridge at the Feb. 20 meeting of the York Civil War Round Table.
The publication committee of the York County History Center recently released the first comprehensive look
Photography originated in Europe in the early 1800s, with a variety of techniques of using
William C. Goodridge was born a slave in Maryland, but became a free and prosperous
Confederate soldiers under Maj. Gen. Jubal Early occupied York, Pennsylvania, from June 28-30, 1863, in
William C. Goodridge, a free black man, was one of the leading businessmen in mid-18th