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).
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.
What are gudgeons? Why were they important during World War II? They are one of the little know war materials made in York as part of the York Plan, and they are part of the Home Front story of Esther Smith.
Boy Scouts from coast-to-coast installed concrete posts nearly every mile along the Lincoln Highway on September 1st, 1928. Within York County, the task was completed by 27 troops of York County Boy Scouts placing 7 new signs and installing 26 concrete posts. This post explore a Lincoln Highway marker that still stands just east of Ducktown Road.
York-Shipley supplied various types of ball race turret assemblies to tank manufacturers during WWII. These included 60-inch diameter ball race gun turret rings manufactured for the General Grant M-3 Army tank, and the 72-inch diameter ball race turret assembly for the General Sherman M-4 Army tank. They also manufactured roller race assemblies for 30 and 50 caliber gun mounts and turret rings for use on 40-mm Bofors guns.