York-area historical markers: ‘They provide a nice little snapshot’
The historical marker explaining Camp Security is one of at least nine roadside monuments are missing from York County. In 2009, it was replaced by a new marker. Background post: Columnist adds to sense of community
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The Camp Security marker isn’t the only one missing along York County’s roads.
A York Daily Record states that at least nine are missing from York County. About 200 of the 2,200 markers across Pennsylvania are missing. The number is hard to pin down.
It could be people want these state-owned signs for their rec rooms. Or sell them as scrap.
“They provide a nice little snapshot,” York County Heritage Trust archivist Lila Fourhman-Shaull said. “It’s a wonderful way to learn.”
Here are the markers reported missing to date from York County:
Camp Security
Dedicated: July 17, 1947
Location: state Route 462 (old U.S.
30), 3 miles east of York at Stony´
brook.
Colonel Thomas Hartley (York County’s first congressman)
Dedicated: Dec. 14, 1949
Location: West Market Street,
between Beaver and George streets,
York (destroyed in car crash in April
2004)
Penn Common
Dedicated: Dec. 6, 1949
Location: College Avenue at Penn
Park, York
Gettysburg Campaign
Dedicated: Nov. 12, 1947
Location: Weiglestown near state
Route 74
Gettysburg Campaign
Dedicated: Nov. 12, 1947
Location: state Route 462 (old U.S.
30) at Susquehanna River Bridge,
Wrightsville
Susquehanna Canal
Dedicated: April 5, 1948
Location: state Route 624, .1 mile
south of Wrightsville
York
Dedicated: July 17, 1947
Location: 1415 E Market St. (state
Route 462), just W of I-83, York
York
Dedicated: July 17, 1947
Location: state Route 462 (West
Market Street), west of York
York County Academy
Dedicated: Nov. 16, 1949
Location: North Beaver Street at building
*Edited, 5/26/14
