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John Wilkes Booth gave color to Bland’s boarding school in York
John Wilkes Booth attended school in York years before he gained infamy for assassinating Abraham Lincoln. Background posts: James A. Garfield: ‘York was the capital of the United States when congress...
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As usual, York County linked up with a major event – the Lincoln...
York County native Edman ‘Ned’ Spangler is shown in this Library of Congress photograph. He was implicated in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln after killer John Wilkes Booth asked the...
View ArticleYork County quiz II: Check out your local history smarts
Post by York Daily Record/Sunday News. No York County place sparks more conversation on social media than this wonderful place. Many York countians have visited this estate, and they come back with...
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...
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Lincoln 150: These 10 stories link Abraham Lincoln to York County, Pa. – in...
The Rev. Henry E. Niles of York, Pa.’s First Presbyterian Church preached a sermon on the national day of mourning – April 19, 1865 – after the death of Abraham Lincoln. It was reprinted and has...
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Dirt track racing: It’s a longtime York County-area pastime
Linked in/Neat stuff, below: New owners for old York Post Office/The Golden Glow Ah, a spring racing evening at Williams Grove, just over the York County, Pa., line in Cumberland County. After a wet...
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