{"id":12705,"date":"2025-12-25T05:52:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T09:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorkspast\/?p=12705"},"modified":"2025-12-25T05:52:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T09:52:07","slug":"trailer-bullet-pencil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorkspast\/trailer-bullet-pencil\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Home sales on the site of a 1925 Tourist Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photos of a card and a bullet pencil, advertising the Covered Wagon Trailer Sales business, were submitted with a question. Where was this business located in York County?  The back of the card had a notation, \u201cw\/ bullet pencil \u201954.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Newspapers.com was used to confirm this business, managed by Lloyd C. Bucher, was located at 3706 Lincoln Highway East during Christmas of 1954. Heading east from Locust Grove Road in Stonybrook the street numbering starts at 3700 and being an even number, the business was on the south side of the Lincoln Highway.<\/p>\n<p>In September 1955, Frank R. Keller and Paul D. Mills were the new owners operating Keller\u2019s Mobile Home Sales on the same lot at 3706 Lincoln Highway East. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12702\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12702\" style=\"width: 517px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorkspast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/TrailerPencilB.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorkspast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/TrailerPencilB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"517\" height=\"430\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorkspast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/TrailerPencilB.jpg 517w, https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorkspast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/TrailerPencilB-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12702\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Keller&#8217;s Mobil Home Sales opens on the former Covered Wagon Trailer Sales lot at 3706 Lincoln Highway East in Stonybrook. (<em>York Sunday News<\/em>, Sept. 25, 1955, pg. 3)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The location of the Mobile Home sales lot at 3706 Lincoln Highway East appears to be located on part of the site of the Big Hand Tourist Camp. That camp opened in October 1925, just east of Locust Grove Road, along the south side of the Lincoln Highway. The camp entrance would have been near the former Turkey Hill Minit Market. That store opened in 1969. In 2005 Turkey Hill moved to a bigger convenience store at 3690 East Market Street.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12703\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12703\" style=\"width: 518px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorkspast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/TrailerPencilC.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorkspast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/TrailerPencilC.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"518\" height=\"569\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorkspast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/TrailerPencilC.jpg 518w, https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorkspast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/TrailerPencilC-273x300.jpg 273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The location of the Mobile Home sales lot at 3706 Lincoln Highway East appears to be located on part of the site of the Big Hand Tourist Camp. That camp opened in October 1925, just east of Locust Grove Road, along the south side of the Lincoln Highway. The camp entrance would have been near the former Turkey Hill Minit Market, which opened in 1969. (Slide from <em>Motels of Springettsbury<\/em> by S.H. Smith, 2025)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The York County Tax Assessment site has the address of the former Turkey Hill Minit Market lot listed as 3710 East Market Street. From 1969 to 2005, Turkey Hill used the address for that store as 3730 East Market Street.  Tobacco Lux, the most recent occupant of that store uses the address 3760 East Market Street. It is confusing why this lot has these address variations.<\/p>\n<p>In 1956, Keller&#8217;s Mobile Homes moves to 3606 East Market Street. Hoss&#8217;s Steak &amp; Sea House now occupies part of that lot.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12704\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12704\" style=\"width: 495px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorkspast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/TrailerPencilD.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorkspast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/TrailerPencilD.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"495\" height=\"886\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorkspast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/TrailerPencilD.jpg 495w, https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorkspast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/TrailerPencilD-168x300.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In 1956, Keller&#8217;s Mobile Homes moves to 3606 East Market Street. Hoss&#8217;s Steak &amp; Sea House now occupies part of that lot. (Ad from <em>The York Dispatch<\/em>, Sept. 10, 1956, pg. 10)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Miss Cornette Kohr, Miss Greater York for 1956, was involved in displaying Keller\u2019s Mobile Homes at the 1956 York Fair from September 11 through 15.  <\/p>\n<p>Click on this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorkblog.com\/yorkspast\/trailer-bullet-pencil\/\">LINK<\/a> for a yorkblog.com Full View of the photos and illustrations in this post.<\/p>\n<p>Links to related posts:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorkblog.com\/yorkspast\/lincoln-highway-tourist-camp\/\">The Big Hand Tourist Camp in Stony Brook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorkblog.com\/yorkspast\/lincoln-highway-markers\/\">Uncovering Stories of Lincoln Highway marker sites<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorkblog.com\/yorkspast\/lincoln-highway-crandall\/\">A Lincoln Highway marker was at Dr. Crandall\u2019s<\/a><\/p>\n<a href=\"\/yorkspast\/headlines\/\" style=\"background-color: #009bff;padding:10px;color: white !important;text-transform: uppercase\">Reading the Headlines: A Quick Index to All YorksPast Posts<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you collect bullet pens? Or make use of them to use pencil stubs? Photos of a card and a bullet pencil, advertising the Covered Wagon Trailer Sales business, were submitted. 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