While at the new Susquehanna Riverlands State Park earlier this month, my answer to a question led to a string of additional questions about the various pipelines that pass through the park. I had a basic understanding of the War Emergency Pipelines, as a result of a 2017 post; however
The Overlook at Schull’s Rock is one of the featured sites within Susquehanna Riverlands State Park. That rock was locally known as Schull’s Rock (with spelling variants) since 1880; and is a named feature on USGS Topographic Maps since 1936. Even with an overcast sky, the new Susquehanna Riverlands State
York Council of Boy Scouts, Troop 32, installed a concrete Lincoln Highway marker “opposite the end of Round Top Road” on September 1, 1928. Research into the 1928 Hellam Township location where Round Top Road intersected the Lincoln Highway, revealed details about the Roundtop resort. Roundtop is a massive mansion,
Thirteen decades ago the village of Pleasureville was bustling with 17 thriving businesses. One of those businesses was the E. G. Keller store, already well on its way at being operated for 52-years by founder Emanuel G. Keller. He was one of seven businessmen that met to start the ball
I volunteered to assist Tom Davidson in researching several of the Lincoln Highway sites where 27 troops of York County Boy Scouts placed 7 new signs and installed 26 concrete posts on September 1st, 1928. I’ll concentrate on the sites in Eastern York County. The goal is to create stories
John Dauber Florist business in York County was not just a flower shop. For more than 70-years this family owned business operated from an array of large greenhouses to far-reaching plant nurseries; with ties to the Susquehanna Trail, Arsenal Road and ultimately Route 30. In the circa 1950s eastward looking
The Glades Auction House, located at 3409 Druck Valley Road, York, PA 17406, has served to repurpose The Glades 2-Room Schoolhouse. This historic structure will be the site of a History Night event on Wednesday April 13, 2022, at 7:00 PM. The topic of the talk is: “Early Schooling in
James Fishel is the latest to comment about the 1959 proposal for a Route 30 cloverleaf interchange at North Sherman Street. In 2020, I initially wrote about that interchange, using specifics Don May recalled about the State proposed plan to construct a real East-West Bypass of York; i.e. four-lanes, limited
The last of 21 York County townships to form, via dividing up the land of an existing township, was Springettsbury Township in 1891; by carving 16.38-Square Miles out of Spring Garden Township; north and east of Mill Creek. This post looks at why and how Springettsbury Township came into existence,
A 1905 advertisement by The Pennsylvania State College, which was renamed The Pennsylvania State University in 1953, highlighted: Tuition is at present Free in All Courses. The ad is located inside the front cover of the 1905-1906 Directory of the Teachers and School Directors of York County and York City,