Glenville’s Stone Mill ‘picture-perfect’ after southwestern York County, Pa.,...
Linked in/Neat stuff: Maple Donuts expands/Hoke House stands Mills, churches and one-room schools (see a school example below) are among the landmarks that persist in York County, Pa., when other...
View ArticleBroadway in Hanover: Then & Now. With snow & without
Just in time for tonight’s anticipated blizzard, here’s another in the Evening Sun’s then-and-now scenes of Hanover: Picturing History. This is Broadway in Hanover, 1902 v. today. Those snow piles...
View Article6 photos explore milling and millers in York County’s Menges Mills
Heidelberg Township’s Colonial Valley Mill is up for sale on Saturday. Fortna Auctioneers is handling sale and has details on its website. And this York Daily Record story fleshes out details of the...
View ArticleHow mills and mill dams have been forever part of York County life
York County, Pa., had more than 300 mills at one time. That means that its streams were crossed with more than 300 dams that backed up the creeks to supply the raceways that carried water to the mill...
View ArticleHyson School: One of oldest one-room schools in York County, state?
Doug Winemiller of the Stewartstown, Pa., Historical Society flagged Hyson’s School in East Hopewell Township as a one-room school of particular note. This photo of the Round Hill Church Road School...
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