Buried Treasure Found in York?
That’s what some excavators though in 1911, jumbling some history and jumping to conclusions. The York Dispatch reported the story: “UNEARTHED OLD COINS Workmen Razing Old Express Building Looking for...
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York County’s Colonel Thomas Hartley had a hard time arming his troops.
I found this 1777 letter last week while looking through the microfilms of the Papers of the Continental Congress at the National Archives. It seems that Colonel Thomas Hartley of York was trying to...
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York’s Historical Markers on the Square–Part 3
The marker above describes the third of the five sites commemorated by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission in York’s Continental/Center Square. As with some of the others, it refers to...
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June 1863 news from the York Gazette
War news was summarized as usual in the June 9, 1863 weekly issue of the York Gazette. Reports came in from Vicksburg; Franklin, Tenn. and the lower Mississippi. Little did they know that in less than...
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Red Lion Cabinet Company statistics drive home inflation rates
I came across the booklet above while doing some research on the Red Lion Cabinet Company. It is undated, but was allegedly done around 1953, when the company was nearing its peak production, with 10...
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Margaretta Furnace scrip to spend at the company store
This is probably the foundry building at Margaretta with piles of wood In my recent column on Margaretta Furnace in Lower Windsor Township, I mentioned that the York County History Center has some...
View ArticleBuried Treasure Found in York?
That’s what some excavators though in 1911, jumbling some history and jumping to conclusions. The York Dispatch reported the story: “UNEARTHED OLD COINS Workmen Razing Old Express Building Looking for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
York County’s Colonel Thomas Hartley had a hard time arming his troops.
I found this 1777 letter last week while looking through the microfilms of the Papers of the Continental Congress at the National Archives. It seems that Colonel Thomas Hartley of York was trying to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
York’s Historical Markers on the Square–Part 3
The marker above describes the third of the five sites commemorated by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission in York’s Continental/Center Square. As with some of the others, it refers to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
June 1863 news from the York Gazette
War news was summarized as usual in the June 9, 1863 weekly issue of the York Gazette. Reports came in from Vicksburg; Franklin, Tenn. and the lower Mississippi. Little did they know that in less than...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Red Lion Cabinet Company statistics drive home inflation rates
I came across the booklet above while doing some research on the Red Lion Cabinet Company. It is undated, but was allegedly done around 1953, when the company was nearing its peak production, with 10...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Margaretta Furnace scrip to spend at the company store
This is probably the foundry building at Margaretta with piles of wood In my recent column on Margaretta Furnace in Lower Windsor Township, I mentioned that the York County History Center has some...
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