Henry David Lee was nearly the last tenant of the house of Revolutionary War Colonel Thomas Hartley before it was demolished in April of 1876. H. D. Lee & Co. was headquartered in the Hartley house in the early 1870s. Before I provide details on the H. D. Lee &
An early business of Lee Jeans founder Henry David Lee was headquartered in York during the early 1870s. Exploration of the time periods when the eleven post offices operated, within the city, assisted in identifying the location of H. D. Lee & Co.; who advertised their office at “one Door
Mike Spyker noticed sorghum growing along Blackbridge Road near what began as Small’s Codorus Mill and presently a mill operated by Ardent Mills. Sorghum is an unusual crop for the Eastern United States. Ardent Mills is based in Denver, Colorado. They own a network of over 35 community mills, mixing
Tragedy befalls a teacher and later Mahlon Haines owned the Kreutz Creek One-Room Schoolhouse. These stories will be explored in this post that continues a series researching photos submitted by Elberta Sheffer of students in front of various One-Room Schoolhouses in York County. Teacher Nora Stoner sits between Rosie Eppley
Joyce Runkle submitted photos of Walters General Store which doubled as a Yorkana Phillips 66 Gas Station and is skillfully captured in artwork by Cliff Satterthwaite. Joyce, from Springfield, Missouri, discovered the John Walters Store photos in some family history work that had been underway by her late Mother. Joyce
In 1926 the York High name was removed from the school building on the northeast corner of West College Avenue and South Beaver Street. Since then, the high school in York, Pennsylvania, has been officially named after William Penn. This post provides details of the 1926 meeting where York High
Between Bury’s Restaurant and neighboring Playland which opened first along the Lincoln Highway in Springettsbury Township? That stumped me; so I told the group to check a future YorksPast post for the answer. However the ensuing discussion, with an audience last week, included a comment indicating Bury’s had at least
This begins a series researching photos submitted by Elberta Sheffer of students in front of various One-Room Schoolhouses in York County. Some photos had writing on the back. However the majority were just photos; those are the ones where discoveries reveal new connections, thus I’ll look at them first. Many
Learn why Dr. John W. Barcroft selected the name Yorkana as the post office for a community in Lower Windsor Township during 1875. The name endures upon Yorkana Borough incorporating in 1912. Dr. Barcroft is the reason several Northern Virginia communities are named Barcroft. What inspired him to select the
Students at Rearich’s One-Room School near Spring Grove took a field trip to Washington DC in 1951. What are your memories of school field trips to the nations capitol? My memories are from high school in the 1960s. I never realized pupils attending one-room schools took such trips. Steven Rearich