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Former Soviet spy called York County home
Reino Hayhanen/Eugene Maki/John Linden You never know what fascinating stories you might uncover in the York County History Center files. I never expected to find one on a Soviet spy who allegedly hid...
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Grow, 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...
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York County children enjoyed seeing their work in the newspaper
For many years the Junior Dispatch page was published on Saturdays in the York Dispatch. Pupils of fourth through ninth grades could submit their writing and art through their teachers. Children could...
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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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Photography caught on quickly in York County
In 1826 Frenchman Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (1765-1833) created the first real photograph known to exist today. The view from a window at Gras, France is also known as the “First Photograph,” and it is...
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What is your UFO story?
Hanover Evening Sun July 8, 1947 The first reported sighting of a flying saucer was in the state of Washington in late June 1947. In less than two weeks reports were pouring in, including from our...
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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...
View ArticleYork County’s Grandview Golf Course made good news in 1976
Cindy Martin, friend and volunteer at the York County History Center Library and Archives, just shared this story with me. Cindy related that she plans to replenish her book supply at the York County...
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More York countians in the center of history-changing events
York County people were the players in an important landmark Supreme Court case, the decision of which is said to have hastened the U.S. Civil War. Hopefully we are familiar with Margaret Morgan and...
View ArticleMigrant labor essential for decades of York County harvest
I started working on my April York Sunday News column, which you can read below, about two months ago. We were just starting to hear more about COVID-19 then. By the time it was finished and...
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