York’s Vigilant Fire Engines Collide
Vigilant steam engine Whoops. I guess it is kind of embarrassing if your horse-drawn fire engine runs away, is stopped by a collision with your other engine and has to be people-drawn to the fire....
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York County Links with the Titanic
York Gazette--Titanic Disaster There has been a lot of coverage of the 100th anniversary of the Titanic disaster this week. As with many events, there usually seems to be some kind of York County...
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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 Air Cadet encounters obstacle
Jason B. Snyder headed the York YMCA for many years. Many people who remember him as a pillar of the community are probably not aware of his Florida adventure during World War I. His family recently...
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Shooting at York Tavern in 1768
The General Gates house is one of York County Heritage Trust’s historic restorations. It is so named because it is said to have been the residence of Horatio Gates when he served as president of the...
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Road accidents didn’t just start with automobiles
1876 Pomeroy, Whitman Atlas of York County, Pa. When you think about it, cars are easier to control than horses; your Ford Mustang isn’t going to get spooked by a train. The December 4, 1877 York...
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The kiosk in York’s square endures
Trolleys flow around the kiosk in the 1927 photo Nearly a year ago I wrote a York Sunday News column and several blog posts about the travels of the 19th century cigar store figure, Punch, up and down...
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Hanover area news from 1898
Utz chip ad from 1956 Hanover Evening Sun It used to be common to see newspaper features repeating news tidbits of the past. Some used a specific formula, like 50 or 100 years from that date. The...
View ArticlePhineas Davis was one of many York County inventors
York County seems to have had more than its share of inventors and innovators over the years. Quite a few of these ideas received patents from the U.S. Patent Office. I have written before about some...
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Dr. Laura J. Dice, York County physician of a century ago
Dr. Laura Dice’s name came up when I was researching the local Woman Suffrage movement in the second decade of the 20th century. Dice was an active participant in that effort. I wondered about her...
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