The Veterans Memorial Gold Star Healing and Peace Garden is a commemorative arboretum dedicated to all who serve in the United States Armed Forces. This living memorial is a gathering place to honor all Veterans, and remember the fallen in the war on terror. This quote from www.goldstargarden.com is reflected
This is the third post in a series that will provide a location and source index for pre-1950 York County schools. The vast majority of these schools are one-room schools. The complete list is being rolled out over several weeks. Others completed in the series are: York County One-Room Schools
My original intent for Part 2 of Schoolhouse Symbols on Maps was to use various map sections focusing on the area around Brenneman’s Schoolhouse for other reasons. Another terrific reason surfaced over the weekend when Ted Schaefer, in response to my post on Friday, supplied me with a 1921 photo
This is the first in a series of posts that will provide suggestions for authors to enhance their family histories. The suggestion for today is the inclusion of notable school memories. As an example, I’ll use memories about Brenneman’s One-Room Schoolhouse in York Township, York County, PA. The Brenneman’s School
RAILCAR GOLD is a historically accurate multi-generational fictional tale of hidden treasure, primarily set in York County, Pennsylvania during the latter half of the Nineteenth Century. This is Part 4 of Chapter 1 . . . Eureka. A new part will be posted every Thursday. New readers may want to
Last Wednesday I posted a John Denney, Jr. 1965 photo of a Ma & Pa Steam Train Excursion ready to leave the Ma & Pa Railroad Station along East Market Street in York, Pennsylvania. He had just recently realized that the overexposed tall building and taller chimney in the background
This is the second post in a series that will provide a location and source index for pre-1950 York County schools. The vast majority of these schools are one-room schools. The complete list is being rolled out over several weeks. Others completed in the series are: York County One-Room Schools
Many older maps rarely note the names of schoolhouses. The 1908 Topographic Map discussed last Monday named a schoolhouse, however only a few were named on that entire map. A few maps do note the location of virtually all schoolhouses using a variety of symbols. This post will discuss how
Last Friday I discussed the records associated with the 1798 U.S. Direct Tax and how they can be used to assist in determining when a particular type of structure was built on a property. This post looks at Land Deeds. Some deeds contain surprising details. Information recorded on Page 143
RAILCAR GOLD is a historically accurate multi-generational fictional tale of hidden treasure, primarily set in York County, Pennsylvania during the latter half of the Nineteenth Century. This is Part 3 of Chapter 1 . . . Eureka. A new part will be posted every Thursday. New readers may want to