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Roofs, lumber and gloves were flying during Hanover’s 1915 tornado
Sightseers the day after the Hanover tornado struck I was looking through the Hanover photograph files at York County Heritage Trust and came across these photos of the wreckage left behind by the 1915...
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Yorker changes mind about drinks
The Sponslers of York seem to have been an interesting family. Many members were quite musical; there was even a Sponsler family orchestra. In a previous post, I shared a 1904 newspaper account of...
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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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York’s 87th Regiment musicians still playing 30 years later
The present-day Spring Garden Band traces its existence back before the Civil War. The group of musicians served as the 87th Regiment band during the war. I found this September 1, 1892 York Daily...
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Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. wanted to beautify Codorus Creek banks too
Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.’s proposal for the Codorus Creek bank You might have recently read in the York Daily Record concerning proposed improvements and beautification of the Codorus Creek through...
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Never ask a woman her weight
I was again looking for something else in the newspaper images at the York County History Center Library/Archives, when a short piece in the York Daily of November 2, 1875 left me nearly speechless....
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1907 York news, trivial and tragic
Here is what was happening in York County in 1907, according to the York Daily of June 13. News from Dallastown: “The mail from York due here at 7:30 o’clock on account of a freight wreck at...
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More on York County research and connections
York Daily clipping. Courtesy of newspapers.com My York Sunday News column last month illustrated how you often to take several sources and put them together to round out the story on a person, an...
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York County registration of “enemy aliens” during World War I
Civil War veteran, age 90 needed to register as German enemy alien. (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration) This year is the 100th anniversary of the United States entering World...
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Visit to Camp Security in 1905
I found this article from the July 21, 1905 York newspaper, probably the York Daily, in the Jere Carl scrapbooks at the York County History Center. Little articles about Camp Security pop up every now...
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More on Dr. Reed’s 1905 visit to Camp Security
My previous post shared a July 21, 1905 article from the York Daily about Dr. Reed of Lancaster coming to look for the camp where his grandfather guarded Revolutionary War prisoners. We know the site...
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Joe Jefferson appeared in York
Joseph Jefferson as Rip Van Winkle gravure, Gebbie & Husson Co. Ltd. (ca. 1887) Library of Congress There are many York newspaper accounts of famous entertainers of each era appearing here. York...
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York City vineyard thrives during Prohibition
A vineyard in the heart of the City of York? Less than three blocks from the square? During Prohibition? Who would have thought it? See below for my recent York Sunday News column on John K. Gross and...
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You couldn’t keep this Dover boy down on the farm
The November 20, 1917 York Daily tells the story of a very eager World War I recruit from Dover. The article begins: ENTHUSIASTIC RECRUIT Dover Boy Anxious to Get to France “Now That Corn Husking is...
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