A Look Back at York County History
The York Gazette & Daily arrived the same day it was printed, via the U.S. mail, in rural York County when I was growing up. That was most certainly the main reason my parents, and many others like...
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York County’s Road of Remembrance
The Tribute Tree Committee appealed to the patriotism and generosity of York County citizens in this December 1919 York Gazette ad. A neighbor recently asked if I knew anything about the rows of...
View ArticleLong Level Soldier Wounded
A few days before armistice was declared between the Allies and Germany, ending the First World War, the York Gazette and Daily published a poignant letter written home by a York County soldier wounded...
View ArticleWrightsville Civil War Soldier Remembered Confederates at Mt. Pisgah.
A 1917 newspaper account captured some reminiscences of David Sloat, who at 90 was one of the last three Civil War veterans in Wrightsville. After the war Sloat had moved to Ohio and lived there for...
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Red Lion Cabinet Company’s many products varied during wartime and peacetime
Red Lion Cabinet Company, c.1953 The aerial photo above is the cover of an undated booklet giving statistics on the Red Lion Cabinet Company. It was probably done around 1953 when York County...
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