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
“Clockmaker began York’s Railroad Heritage” is the title of a Phineas Davis talk, which has been presented seven times. Comments following each talk always resulted in additional research, which has continually fine-tuned the story. Suggested additions were also made; such as the story of black machinist William Wood, who worked
At stop number 4 of a Yorkshire History Walk, the story of the first church in Yorkshire was shared. The present Yorkshire United Methodist Church congregation recognizes their first Yorkshire church site, via displaying the 1926 cornerstone of the Yorkshire Evangelical Church. During the Yorkshire History Walk on September 18th,
Research into the often-asked question: “Why is a Graveyard along Eastern Boulevard at Stone Ridge Road?” revealed a surprise. It was generally known, that the graveyard accepted burials from churches, which stood directly across Stone Ridge Road. However the burial ground origins go back further; to at least 1830 when
In 1900, Mahlon Haines met a Heiress from Lancaster aboard a ship returning from Europe and planned to get married. Her Daddy offered to set Mahlon up in business in York. Is that the real story of how Mahlon Haines ended up in York? And, who was the Heiress from
Canal bridge illustrations and photos are used to answer questions of how did the Codorus Navigation canal cross paths with intersecting waterways; such as Mill Creek and Dee Run in York County. An often-related follow-up question concerns the same issue when the Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal crossed paths with intersecting
During the walk between stops 1 and 2 of a Yorkshire History Walk, two individuals shared stories of early Yorkshire resident Stanley Haines. The first one pointing out the house that Mahlon Haines built as a wedding gift when his son married, and the second was the tale of Stanley
I’ll share stories about the Barshinger Family of Barshinger’s Mill at a meeting of the Red Lion Area Historical Society on October 28, 2021. The presentation will take place at St. John’s UCC at 7:00 p.m.; enter into the rear of the church, off of the rear parking lot. Address
The October 13, 2021, History Night in Springettsbury Township will feature the Codorus Creek, which forms the northwest boundary of the township. Stephen H. Smith will provide the presentation, exploring the Codorus Navigation Works. Ruins from those Works were discovered and photographed by Mike Spyker. Township residents and the local
During the Yorkshire History Walk on September 18th, I had requests for copies of my talks. In the coming days, my presentations, at each stop, will be posted as a series of YorksPast articles. This post focuses on Stop 9, at the intersection of Maywood Road and 5th Avenue; highlighting