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Marking 100th YorksPast Post with a Tiled Mosaic; Post Index and Future Plans

100-Tiles Illustrating Breakdown of Initial 100 YorksPast Posts into Seven General Categories (S. H. Smith)

The first YorksPast post occurred July 26th 2012; therefore with this 100th post, I’m averaging four and one-half posts per week.  An inventory of the general topics and locations that have been my subjects resulted in this 100-tile mosaic that breaks down these posts into seven general categories.

A clickable index to the initial 100 YorksPast posts follows.  Future plans going into 2013 are also noted.

 

The initial 100 YorksPast posts can be broken down into the following seven categories:

  • About YorksPast and Memories (4 Posts)
  • Lower Windsor Township (18 Posts)
  • One-Room Schools (17 Posts)
  • Railcar Gold (20 Posts)
  • Railcar Historical Background (17 Posts)
  • Springettsbury Township (12 Posts)
  • Various Locations (12 Posts)

About YorksPast and Memories (4 Posts)

Lower Windsor Township (18 Posts)

One-Room Schools (17 Posts)

Railcar Gold (20 Posts)

Railcar Historical Background (17 Posts)

Springettsbury Township (12 Posts)

Various Locations (12 Posts)

 

Future YorksPast plans going into 2013

If you’ve checked the one-room schoolhouse index lately, you’ve noticed that I’m continuing to update the location index as additional sources come to light.  This will continue into 2013; along with features on selected schoolhouses.

I’ve signed up to teach an upcoming OLLI Course: From York Manufacturing Company to York Ice Machinery Corporation, the First 60-Years of York Corporation.  Look for bits and pieces of this talk to appear in YorksPast.

I’ve located some interesting sources at the State Library that will be used for posts related to the growth of various industries in Pennsylvania at the turn of the Twentieth Century.  I plan to do a series on all locations within York County.

Every Thursday, I post the next part of my RAILCAR GOLD novel; a historically accurate multi-generational fictional tale of hidden treasure primarily set in York County during the later half of the Nineteenth Century.  The main character is now on a journey where by happenstance he passes through York, is befriended by Charles Billmeyer and decides to stay.  The main character spends the greater part of his life associated with the rail car manufacturing business Billmeyer & Small.

Generally every Tuesday I write the next few pages of RAILCAR GOLD; to do so, I dig into my files of historical background that might be associated with that part of the story.  The historical background for Thursday’s episode many times will be posted the prior day.

Reading the Headlines: A Quick Index to All YorksPast Posts