John Wilkes Booth bobbleheads should be hunted down and disposed of: Linked...
This bobblehead doll of John Wilkes Booth is seen near an Abraham Lincoln doll at the visitors center at the Gettysburg National Military Park. The Hanover Evening Sun found visitors to the visitors...
View ArticleCan anyone locate Rebecca at the Well? Linked in with neat York County...
Other stuff below: Electric Map revisited/Street Rods/Historic York awards This is the old fountain in Penn Park, gone for years and reportedly in storage, according to June Lloyd’s recent York Sunday...
View ArticleIn archaeological digs, stains cause excitement: Linked in with neat York...
Neat stuff, below: Schultz House/Musclecar Madness/Chainsaw art This caption about an archaeological dig at Penn Park explains the ydr.com photograph better than I can: ‘These four objects in Square 4...
View ArticleDamon’s Grill/Banana Max building leveled; WellSpan coming in: Linked in to...
York City Market/Historical authenticity/Marshall’s service The old Damon’s Grill building in York, Pa., is down. Or will it be remembered as the old Banana Max building? Either way, the building near...
View ArticleHollywood meets Hanover over pretzels: Linked in to York County history, 5/2/13
Ma & Pa Railroad/Jeb Stuart’s jump/Historic York speech Hollywood met Hanover the other day, according to a Hanover (Pa.) Evening Sun story about Revonah Pretzel Bakery. A film crew was in gaining...
View ArticleThis York City house was not a church or Masonic lodge. It was the Menough house
This house at 448 W. Philadelphia St. in York, Pa., was building in time to be included in ‘The York County Sesquicentennial Book – 1749-1899. The souvenir book specialized in photos of city people...
View ArticleHistory mystery quiz: Test your York, Pa., smarts IQ
Post by York Daily Record/Sunday News. You never know what turns commenting on a Facebook post will take. When we posted on YDR Facebook a query about Ned Spangler, some playfully thought they saw a...
View ArticleYork, Pa.’s ‘Welcome/Do Not Enter’ eastern gateway: ‘Talk about mixed messages’
Linked in/Neat stuff, below: Preserving old Annville’s moviehouse/Historic York’s new blog The question has come up before. How can a welcoming city tell westbound motorists on the old Lincoln Highway...
View ArticleGuinston Church’s unusual campus: 1 site, 3 buildings from different times
Linked in/Neat stuff: New Oxford train station on the mend/Log houses in York County Chanceford Township’s Guinston Presbyterian Church’s campus holds an unusual sight. Three church buildings stand...
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