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. 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.
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 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.
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.
York-Hession Model H-106 Fog Generating Machine was designed by John Hession, Jr. at Columbia University; with the concept refined for manufacturing by engineers at York-Shipley in York, Pennsylvania. Esther Smith shared memories about those machines as one of her jobs on the Home Front during World War II.