This post returns my focus to that section of the road east of North Sherman Street in Springettsbury Township, York County; i.e. Whiteford Road. The Map of the City of York, Pennsylvania and Suburbs, issued by York Chamber of Commerce in 1930 is the earliest map that has been discovered
It’s been suggested that I occasionally mix a few shorter posts in with my normal fare of longer posts. Some recent posts by Jim McClure at YorkTownSquare concerning old York County steps inspired this short post. Who can solve the mystery of the steps in this photo with five clues?
This 1905 view of the Stony Brook Slate & Brick Company is looking southwest, as if one is standing where the main 4’-8 1/2” Standard Gauge Railroad crosses Stonewood Road. The NOW view shows the employee parking lot north of the Campbell Warehouse. The Stony Brook Slate & Brick Company
I was doing research for another subject, using this topographic map, when the railway along Springwood Road peaked my interest. I remembered reading sometime ago that this was a narrow gauge railway. Suddenly I was obsessed with discovering the gauge distance. My quest progressed from the Springettsbury Township Centennial Booket
An article in the August 15th 1948 issue of the Sunday News, York, PA Edition contained the headline: “New N O P Route Cuts Traffic Hazards.” This headline has a bearing on the name of a stretch of road in Springettsbury Township. This is the fourth part of a series
On June 19th 1944, the Special Ordnance Plant within the York Safe & Lock Company facility in Springettsbury Township was designated as the Naval Ordnance Plant, York. This fact has a bearing on two of the names for a stretch of road in Springettsbury Township. This is the third part
Virtually every sizeable ship in the Navy during WWII was outfitted with 40-MM Naval Anti-aircraft Bofors Guns. The gun fired a two-pound projectile from each barrel at the rate of 120 or better per minute. The projectile itself was of the tracer type, high explosive, with a super-sensitive nose fuse;
Names for a stretch of road in Springettsbury Township have included N.O.P., Arsenal and Whiteford. Prior to these names the road was known as Mill Road, Hively Road and likely others. This is the first part of a series examining the reasons for the names associated with this stretch of
Three weeks ago I showed that Neff’s One-Room Schoolhouse was moved from York Township to Red Lion sometime after 1971; I’ve been told Neff’s original location and will post it next week. It also appears that Raab’s One-Room Schoolhouse in York Township was moved sometime between 1915 and 1926 to
Last Friday in my post about the Christian Rathfon Family History I noted that only a few surnames are noted on maps during the early 1800s. In examining the Rodfang spelling variant on an 1821 map I raised the question what happens when one projects an 1821 map onto a