NEVER BUILT . . . The Town of Pleasant Garden and other Curiosities
In April of 2013, I was giving a presentation at the Zimmerman Center for Heritage; discussing finding the location of the Town of Pleasant Garden, among other things. Mark Platts noted that High Street, within the planned Town of Pleasant Garden, shows up on the 1801 Benjamin Henry Latrobe Map of the Susquehanna River. Mark brought out a small copy of Latrobe’s map; there it was, a street at the proper location, leading up from the river.
As I’ve noted on the Birds Eye Aerial View, the old Farm Lane within the Native Lands County Park is the location of High Street in the planned Town of Pleasant Garden. These findings, plus a few related curiosities, have evolved into my latest talk, entitled “NEVER BUILT . . . The Town of Pleasant Garden and other Curiosities.”
Links to posts related to this new talk are as follows:
- 1801 Benjamin Henry Latrobe Map contains High Street in planned Town of Pleasant Garden
- Land Deed that locates the Town of Pleasant Garden in the Long Level Area
- Was the Town of Pleasant Garden planned with a River Bridge in 1793?
- The Earliest Susquehanna River Bridge to York County is Authorized in 1793; Part 1
- The Earliest Susquehanna River Bridge to York County is Authorized in 1793; Part 2
- The Earliest Susquehanna River Bridge to York County is Authorized in 1793; Part 3
- The Earliest Susquehanna River Bridge to York County is Authorized in 1793; Part 4, Schedule of Bridge Tolls
- The Earliest Susquehanna River Bridge to York County is Authorized in 1793; Part 5, Increasing Bridge Tolls to Guarantee Profits for Shareholders
- 1865 York County Railroad Proposed from Wrightsville thru Long Level, Apple Grove and Beyond
- Christian Rathfon Family in Pleasant Garden from 1784 to 1827
- Heritage Lecture at Zimmerman Center on November 12, 2014
