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Greathouse family researcher seeks Herman Grothaus descendants with York...
Dr. Charles H. Glatfelter was rewarded with a standing ovation in June 2010 after his presentation on Glen Rock’s religious histories at Zion Lutheran Church in that southern York County borough. His...
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What is the story of the Midway Motel in Loganville? Linked in with neat York...
Topics below: Pinterest interest/Local histories/Gettysburg hunting? Twenty people were evacuated from this Loganville motel, the Midway, on Monday after a fire at this North Main Street lodging place....
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In York County, we are tough and rough on our landmarks: Linked in with neat...
The Gazette and Daily’s July 1968 calendar entry explains this scene: ‘This interior view showing the elaborate framing of the old Detter’s Mill bridge over the Big Conewago near Harmony Grove won...
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Not 1, but 2 York County smokestacks coming down: Linked in with neat York...
More stuff below: Armstrong memories/Seven Valleys ice cream Many people are aware that the smokestack at the old Foust Distillery near Glen Rock is coming down Tuesday morning, Aug. 21. A lightning...
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Tour de York? Wheelmen raced around York Fair’s track: Linked in with neat...
This photo, courtesy of Mel Miller and the West Manchester Township Historical Society, shows bicycle races at the York Fair in 1904. The cameras of the day – or at least at the York Fair that day,...
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Casper Glattfelder’s legacy: Glatfelters, Gladfelters, Glotfeltys,...
The late Charles H. Glatfelter served as his extended family’s official historian for many years. This work marked the 100th anniversary of the Casper Glattfelder Association. The family, hailing from...
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Gettysburg 150th: Casper Glattfelder’s family and the Civil War
This the scene from Heimwald, overlooking the North Codorus Township countryside where family patriarch Casper Glattfelder first settled in the 1700s. A large gathering – the annual Glattfelder reunion...
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Have a history story to tell? Consider sending it to the Journal of York...
Linked in/Neat stuff: Cameron Mitchell marathon/Red Lion Cabinet Company St. Jacob’s (Stone) Church in southwestern York County, Pa., was near the remote farmhouse where a Union Army messenger was...
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25 years after it closed, will York’s old Zion Lutheran Church building gain...
A group recently toured Zion Lutheran’s former sanctuary for possible Christian ministries use. The cornerstone of York, Pa.’s, Zion Lutheran Church was laid in 1850, according to Charles H....
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Christmas in June? Yes, that’s part of 150th events in southern York County’s...
For months, the Glen Rock Sesquicentennial Committee has been raising funds for the borough’s 150th anniversary celebration by issuing souvenir wooden nickels commemorating important aspects of the...
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