Windmills Used Early in York County
Windmills–we might think of the sleek white blades of giant windmills generating electricity or those with huge canvas sails that we associate with Holland. Some of you might remember the iron frame...
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York contractors ban drinking while building railroad
An item in the August 25, 1829 York Recorder newspaper microfilm at York County Heritage Trust recounts how some Yorkers managed to up productivity in their work crew—don’t let them drink. The article...
View ArticleWindmills Used Early in York County
Windmills–we might think of the sleek white blades of giant windmills generating electricity or those with huge canvas sails that we associate with Holland. Some of you might remember the iron frame...
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York contractors ban drinking while building railroad
An item in the August 25, 1829 York Recorder newspaper microfilm at York County Heritage Trust recounts how some Yorkers managed to up productivity in their work crew—don’t let them drink. The article...
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Subject of a well-known painting has York County roots
Thomas Sully ( 1783 – 1872), Lady with a Harp: Eliza Ridgely, 1818.Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington Eliza E. Ridgely was a beautiful young woman born into a prosperous Baltimore family. The...
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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