So the winner for the best P of York County is… Pinchot State Park, which edged out Pfaltzgraff by only a few votes! Mike, Dianne and Lorie all suggested Pinchot, and I admit it won my vote, too. Jo made a good point; she wrote: “P voting is the hardest
More in the ongoing series on the Names of York. Place: Gifford S. Pinchot State Park, Warrington Township Who was it named after? Gifford S. Pinchot (1865-1946) was a two-term Pennsylvania governor, first elected in 1922. Pinchot created the first Pennsylvania state budget, erased the state’s debt and gave himself
So here’s something that’s been bothering me for a while. And this morning, I found out that a few other people – including YDR editor Jim McClure – don’t know this either: How do you pronounce “Monaghan,” the township in northern York County? Is it MON-uh-han? Is it Mon-AGAIN? Or
So last week, for the Fourth of July, you might remember it poured, at least in many parts of the county. Despite this, I stood in my driveway (about a mile from the Expo Center, uphill from it) and watched the fireworks. Further, I drug out my husband in his