Looking for some old and new recipes involving applesauce? Maybe some information on a former South Queen Street venue for live music? This edition of Ask Joan could help!
Names of York Archives
A wonderful pamphlet detailing those buried in the churchyard of First Presbyterian on East Market Street led to an unexpected York County connection.
Only in York County readers wonder about the name origins of such places as Canal Road, Cousler Park and Battle Hill Road, and wonder why an unusual name appears on a borough map.
Only in York County author Joan Concilio shares a complete copy of the 1947 York Fair Guide and Factbook, as well as some memories of York and Wrightsville train service from the Civil War to the 1950s.
Joan Concilio shares an early 1970s cookbook distributed by former U.S. Rep. George A. Goodling, a Republican Congressman from Pennsylvania. It included recipes for Dutch Kitchen Apple Pie and Peach Bread.
A.B. Farquhar collector Robert Ranhauser shares some trivia about Farquhar, one of York, PA’s most famous industrialists.
We’re launching a new feature here on Only in York County. Those who have been reading for a while might remember the Names of York series, which I wrote for more than a year, exploring the people behind some of the names of buildings and parks and so on around
You might remember that, during the Dover Fireman’s Fair in September, I mentioned you should check out the exhibit on former Gov. George Leader, the only Pennsylvania governor to date from York County. Well, I got rained out of the Dover Fair myself, and I’m sure many others did, too.
More in the ongoing series on the Names of York. Place: Kennard-Dale High School in the South Eastern School District Who was it named after? Joseph Kennard was a Stewartstown man who, in 1807, received the patent for the land on which the original Kennard-Dale High School would be built.
More in the ongoing series on the Names of York. Place: Stewartstown, a borough in southeastern York County. Who was it named after? Anthony Stewart, one of the town’s original landowners, was the first postmaster of Stewartstown. Stewart was a mechanic who made spinning wheels and sold them around town.