Jason Gross commented about Dover Cigar Factories in reply to a post in my series counting down the Top 50 York County Factories at End of 19th Century. On a visit to the Library of the York County Heritage Trust, I decided to see how many Early 20th Century Dover
In my post Late 1800s Factory Inspection Reports Assist in Identification of an East Prospect Photo I wrote about finding these reports in the State Library of Pennsylvania. For this series on the Top 50 York County Factories at the end of 19th Century, I’m using data from the 10th
I have previously looked at early York County related maps in YorksPast; such as: 1801 Susquehanna River Map by Benjamin Henry Latrobe 1821 York & Adams Counties Map by D. Small & W. Wagner 1824 Lancaster County Map by Joshua Scott; that contained York County information Several posts that utilized
In previous posts I wrote about the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania act passed April 11th 1793, authorizing a Susquehanna River Bridge from Blue Rock, Lancaster County to Pleasant Garden, York County. This was the earliest river bridge authorized to York County and although the bridge was never built, the act provides
Present day East Prospect formed on a high tract of land in Lower Windsor Township, about one-mile from the Susquehanna River. In 1831 the first substantial building was constructed on the northeast corner of a crossroads in this area; it was a stone structure used by the Evangelical Association. This
Last Friday Jim McClure posted at York Town Square: In search of Potato Town, York County, Pa. Sue H. commented to that post, “I always heard Potato Town was along the creek between Stoverstown and Bair Station on Martin Rd. Off Stoverstown Rd.” That is the area I focused on
One of my readers thought she’d figured out my comment that ended last Wednesday’s post; where I wrote, “check back next Monday for my experience walking the Lincoln Highway from coast-to-coast.” She thought Monday is April 1st; that is your idea of something for April Fools Day. She is partially
Keystone Markers are in the news. The March/April 2013 issue of Pennsylvania Magazine has a feature article on Keystone Markers. Last month June Lloyd wrote a post on her Universal York blog about these Keystone shaped signs marking entrances to many Pennsylvania towns. Jim McClure noted on his blog, York
On Friday I was driving around York County and taking photos for future YorksPast posts. While doing so, I passed a car pulled off to the side of Route 462, in Hellam Township, taking photos of a Lincoln Highway marker. I turned around and parked behind their car, bearing Ohio
The 331-Acre Meadowbrook Estate of Harold E. Robertson that was purchased, on January 3rd 1950, by Alva R. Long is plotted on a March 19th 1938 Historic Aerial Photo from Penn Pilot. This post describes the Meadowbrook Estate ownership sequence from 1901 in Springettsbury Township, York County, PA. Edwin B.