Historical Mitigation Comes to York, PA
What is historical mitigation? A simplified example is that when a structure that might have some historical value is demolished, something is done to compensate for that loss. When the Sovereign Bank...
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Train wreck at Hanover Junction
The account below, from the May 26, 1913 York Gazette tells of a train wreck caused by human error. It also illustrates how stories become exaggerated as news travels. It is rather remarkable that,...
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York County news from the 1880s
I can always find something of interest in the old newspapers on microfilm at York County Heritage Trust. Sometimes the little items from across the county are the most interesting. Here are a few...
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Hanover Junction, Free Press 1973, Part 1
Illustration included in the November 1973 Free Press article Here is another Lincoln at Hanover Junction clipping. Lots of folks have strong feelings about whether the train that took President...
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Hanover Junction, Free Press 1973, Part 2
Illustration from November 1973 Free Press article Below is part two of three posts transcribing the lengthy article written by Doris B. Miller for the November 22, 1973 Southern York County edition of...
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Hanover Junction, Free Press 1973, Part 3
Portion of photograph as published in 1973 Free Press article Here is the third of three installments transcribing an article from the Free Press community newspaper, Southern York County edition, of...
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One more Lincoln at Hanover Junction encounter
This photo, one of six taken at the same time, shows a camera with its black cloth in the center of the photo. (Library of Congress photo) President Lincoln at Hanover Junction was a hot topic during...
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Wrightsville’s rich history is commemorated by many plaques, another sought
Wrightsville railroad bridge For the past few years, Albert Rose, long-time volunteer at the York County History Center Library/Archives, has been documenting war memorials throughout York County. He...
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From York to Washington for the Garfield inauguration
Some time ago I wrote a York Sunday News column on Dr. William Bigler’s 1890 trip to Florida to visit his son. In those days of railroads snaking all over the county, it might have been easier to...
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Glen Rock preserves and shares its history
Each of our York County communities, no matter what size, seems to have its own uniquely rich history. My own families settled, some well over two hundred years ago, in the southeastern part of the...
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