Returning from Atlantic City the other night, I decided to get off Route 30 at Columbia and traveled Route 462 the rest of the way home. Almost all of the new 1930s style lanterns were in place on the bridge and were lit. It was a pleasant sight, just like
Last month, at the end of a post, Jim McClure wrote about a Cliff Satterthwaite drawing of a drawbridge crossing the railroad tracks at North Penn Street in York; a predecessor of a footbridge that crosses the tracks today. Cliff believed there might have been a manual mechanism to raise
I’ve been keeping a list of things to scan for my next York International talk and started scanning them this weekend. The Codorus Street area appeared in a corner of an Aerial Photo that was on my list of things to scan. This view of the Codorus Street neighborhood is
I discovered some photographs earlier this month at the York County Heritage Trust. The sequence of photos illustrate things that I heard over the years from some of my Uncles and my Dad about the 1950s planning hearings for the first 4-Lane Interstate Highway through York County; now known as
Before getting to the Top 10 YorksPast Civil War Posts, here are links to the most recent posts related to talks on the Grand Army of the Republic and David E. Small Post, No. 369, G.A.R., of York, Pennsylvania. African American Civil War Veterans organize in York York Hosts son
I wrote three posts about Cassandra (Small) Franklin last month. Those posts were the result of a reader in Massachusetts providing photographs of several 1916 blueprint drawings for Miss Cassandra Small’s residence in York, PA. Earlier this month a reader in California sent a link, an idea and questions while
RAILCAR GOLD is a historically accurate multi-generational fictional tale of hidden treasure, primarily set in York County, Pennsylvania during the latter half of the Nineteenth Century. This is Part 1 of Chapter 13 . . . PeachBottom. A new part will be posted every Thursday. Recent chapters stand alone, starting
These 2013, 1941, 1937 and 1915 aerial views and maps show the western section of what is now Arsenal Road north of York. I’ve noted the original path of this section of road as the crooked dotted yellow line on the present 2013 aerial photo. A light red line is
Even though Dollar General is no longer considering the 3790 East Market Street property, formerly Ettline Antiques, to tear down for one of their stores; the ca. 1875 estate is still for sale. After the following Ettline property remarks, I include a linked index to previous Springettsbury Township related YorksPast
YorksPast started with a post on July 26, 2012. Not quite 15 months later this is my 300th post. Thus you’ve seen a brand new YorksPast post, on the average, 20 times per month. I’d like to thank everyone for reading and providing feedback to YorksPast. As I did