Discover original research into the last Hellam Township distilleries. Two sites are featured: the Hiestand Distillery (1851-1867) at the South Broad Street location, and a Valley Acres Road location that was the site of the Hellam Distilling Company (1890-1908) and the New Hellam Distilling Company (1911-1923).
The association of Penn State with York County to provide specialized technical education began in 1926. For the initial two decades that connection was primarily through evening courses held at the Y.M.C.A. or at York High. Penn State’s second York County dedicated facility providing full daytime specialized technical courses was located across Carlisle Avenue from the York Fairgrounds between the Fall of 1950 until the Spring of 1953.
The association of Penn State with York County to provide specialized technical education began in 1926. For the initial two decades that connection was primarily through evening courses held at the Y.M.C.A. or at York High. That changed in 1948, when Penn State’s first York County dedicated facility was set up to provide full daytime specialized technical courses. The Penn State Center was located in the York Junior College building from the Fall of 1948 until the Spring of 1950.
One of the earliest PHMC roadside markers in York County was placed in 1947, in recognition of the significance of Camp Security. After that roadside marker was lost, or stolen, a 2008 replacement marker took its place. This post also examines who was Col. Jas. Wood, as noted on the 1947 Camp Security marker.
Most people remember Conrad’s Delicatessen at the northeast corner of South Queen Street and Springdale Avenue. However the building housing their deli began as Stoppard’s Garage, a community edifice that had a notable impact on the Springdale neighborhood.
In 1951 Stan’s Dairy Queen opened at 2709 East Market Street. At that time Bury’s Restaurant operated at 2710 and Bury’s Ice Cream operated at 2720 East Market Street, in Springettsbury Township, York County, PA. Bury’s ice cream business moved into the vacated Dairy Queen stand after Stan’s went out of business about 1956.
Tommy’s Snack Bar was in business at 1455 South Queen Street from May 1954 until October 1966. A Dairy Queen was originally opened at this location on May 8, 1952, however when it was no longer allowed to use the Dairy Queen franchises tag in May 1954; Warren G. Thomas opted to instead continue the business as Tommy’s Snack Bar.
The sequence of four Dairy Queen store openings near York, PA is provided, in addition at a claim-to-fame for each. Such as, the Dairy Queen at 1938 West Market Street was the first Dairy Queen to open in York County, and the second to open in Pennsylvania.
A professional documentary film describing machining, inspection, assembly and testing of precision Ball-Race Turret Assemblies, produced in York for Sherman Tanks during WWII will be part of a presentation at York County History Center’s WWII Briefings.
A conversation about a house move in the East York development of Springettsbury Township surfaced a memory of the location where a Lincoln Highway concrete marker stood in that neighborhood. An illustrated sequence of events tells the tale of verifying that recollection, plus deducing when and why the marker was removed.