How Did You Get Out of York Before Railroads?
You rode a horse or took the stage. Mention stagecoach and the first picture that comes to my mind is the old west with Indians or robbers chasing the stage–too many John Wayne movies in my childhood....
View ArticleVisiting York County in 1916
Walter Hale’s 1916 drawing of York Valley Inn It is always enlightening to see other people’s impressions of us. Just recently, we were pleased when the respected Travel and Leisure magazine named York...
View ArticleWeiser tavern scene of York sausage snatching
The drawings of York folk artist Lewis Miller are often used to illustrate 19th century American life. An example is the illustration above of a dog stealing Mrs. Weiser’s sausage out of the pan. It...
View ArticleMore going on at York’s Weiser tavern
Lewis Miller recorded the quirks and humor he found in the citizens of 19th century York County. No detail was too small to escape his pen and brush. In a recent post I shared Miller’s depiction of a...
View ArticleAn interesting trip to Surrattsville
Surratt Tavern as it would have looked in 1865 I recently took a field trip that I had been thinking about for some time. For several years I have been researching and writing about Edman “Ned”...
View ArticleGrow, Preserve, Eat—York County and food
From the time the first humans walked the productive soil of what is now York County, Pa., food has been grown, preserved and happily eaten here. Here a few examples from our history: One of my recent...
View ArticleGlen 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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