I noticed Prospect Hill Cemetery has been posting historical information on their Facebook page about notable people from York County’s past who are buried there. Today’s was on Henry Lee Fisher, attorney, historian and Pennsylvania German poet. Fisher is one of my favorites from the past, and I realized I
The York County History Center has entered into an exciting new partnership with the Google Cultural Institute. The first project was the digitalization of Lewis Miller’s own annotated and illustrated copy of Henry Lee Fisher’s ‘S Alt Marki-Hous Mittes In D’r Schtadt (The Old Market House in the Middle of
York Mayor Daniel K. Noell and many of the town fathers seem to have concluded that it was easier to ask forgiveness than permission when they tore down the market sheds in the square on an 1887 summer night. My recent York Sunday News column below outlines how and why
I have read that one reason for tearing down the two later market sheds in York’s Center Square in the 1880s was that they were unsanitary. Evidently, there were some problems with the single market shed that stood east to the courthouse in the square much earlier. It looks so
Thanks to June Evans for sharing the history of the Horn Farm Center for Educational Agriculture with me, as well as these old photographs of the site. See the captions for more identification and attribution. A portion of the eastern part of the present farm goes back to Christian Crowl
The 2010 York Fair is wrapping up tomorrow. I see they are literally going out with a bang, in fact, with lots of bangs, since tomorrow evening’s grandstand entertainment is a demolition derby. I included the following comment by Lewis Miller in yesterday’s post: “In 1816, the[y] prohibited the holding
Lewis Miller drew the fair of his childhood in the drawing above. The caption reads: Yearly Market, or publick fare. Held in the Borough of York, June 9th, 1801, the[y] had privilege of a stated yearly market. Carter & Glossbrenner’s History of York County (1834) cites a Pennsylvania “charter of
Just a few more photos to share of the York City Market House. These show the poignant end of the story of one of architect J.A. Dempwolf’s most impressive buildings. The Gazette and Daily ran a full page story with six photos on October 5, 1963, the last day of
Trusses and hammer beams supporting City Market roof. My recent post chronicled the relatively short life (84 years) of York’s grand City Market House. I followed that up a few days later by posting photos of the imposing exterior. Several photos also survive of the interior of the City Market
Image from 1879 York City Market stock certificate My most recent post was on the impressive York City Market house on South Duke street. The site took up a full quarter of a city block, bounded also by Princess street and Hope (then Baptist) and Howard alleys (now avenues). It