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. Penn State’s second York County dedicated facility providing full daytime specialized technical courses was located across Carlisle Avenue from the York Fairgrounds between the Fall of 1950 until the Spring of 1953.
This is an expanded history of The Romans, a 1960s rock and roll group that hailed from the Yorkshire region of Springettsbury Township in York County. Thanks to band members Thom Elicker and Dick Reisinger for sharing their memories and photos.
The Romans was a 1960s rock and roll group that hailed from the Yorkshire region of Springettsbury Township in York County. The founding members of the band included York Suburban High School students: Richard Reisinger, Thomas Elicker, Barry Leach, and Thomas Henry.
Do you live on a School Road? If so, is the former schoolhouse still standing from which the road is so named? For example, Beshore School Road in East Manchester Township was named after Beshore’s One-Room School.
Central York Middle School began as North Hills Junior High School, which opened for student use on April 24, 1961. This post combines all answers to recurring questions that readers have posed about North Hills since my post of two years ago about reminiscences of walking to North Hills School. Questions ranged from the school’s mascot, colors, flag and alma mater; to the pay phone location.
The number of graduates, by class year, are explored for the second and third York High School buildings in York Pennsylvania. In the early history, the number of females far outpaced male graduates.
Stephen H. Smith will be sharing some historical stories about Yorkshire as the lead speaker in a walk through that Springettsbury Township community on Saturday September 23, 2023 at 3:00 PM. The walk begins at the Yorkshire Elementary School parking lot on Maywood Road. My comments will serve as an
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
Turk Pierce, former Editorial Page Editor of The York Dispatch, walked 1.8-miles to Miller’s One-Room Schoolhouse in the York Valley; from a hilltop home, adjacent to the present Rocky Ridge Park. He shared a detailed description of that walk, which allowed illustrating the route via a historic aerial photo. Alpine
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,