Regional History
Chris Dunn
To honor our local service members this Memorial Day weekend, we present an interactive map of more than 70 York County veterans memorials.   Full Story

 
 

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

Updated: May 20, 2013 5:38:59 PM EDT
SUBMITTED
York, PA - The York No. 17 steam locomotive is expected to arrive in New Freedom on Tuesday, said Debi Dwyer Beshore, manager -- sales & administration for Steam Into History Inc.   Full Story

 
 


NEWSPAPER HISTORY

Chris Dunn
To honor our local service members this Memorial Day weekend, we present an interactive map of more than 70 York County veterans memorials.   Full Story

 
 

BLACK HISTORY

Updated: March 13, 2013 8:56:34 AM EDT
Grimes served as a Penn State administrator in the local campus' early days  
 
 

REMEMBER

Updated: March 16, 2013 5:29:03 PM EDT
CHARLES TASNADI
York, PA - A local man looks back on several years spent navigating Washington, D.C., during one of the biggest scandals in U.S. history, and other reader memories of Watergate.   Full Story

 
 

IN THE THICK OF THE FIGHT

Updated: May 24, 2013 10:28:06 AM EDT
Here is a look at some facts and figures about World War II's impact on York County.   Full Story

 
 

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    Civil War Echoes looks back 150 years to the War Between the States, with a particular focus on southcentral Pennsylvania. Read More on the Cannonball! blog.

    In this interactive exhibit, explore the days in late June 1863 when the Confederate shadow moved over York County to settle 30 miles west for the brewing battle in Gettysburg. See the exhibit


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    February is Black History Month, and in honor, the York Daily Record/Sunday News looks at local African-Americans who've made in a difference.

    Watercolorist and Gazette & Daily editorial cartoonist Walt Partymiller's work was brought to light again during a 2001 exhibit at the York County Heritage Trust.

    March is Women's History Month, and in honor, the York Daily Record/Sunday News looks at local women who've made in a difference.

    Take a walking tour of downtown York's historic murals, and learn more about what the paintings symbolize about our past.

    Readers of the York Daily Record/Sunday News shared their memories of the days of one-room schools in the county and beyond.

    Love local history? Print out this bookmark featuring Jim McClure's "In the thick of the fight," a guide to York County's involvement in World War II.

    This May 2008 special section looks at 20 images that illustration 20-score years of York County's past, from 1608-2008.

    This feature examines the writings of patriots in what was then York Town, a Pennsylvania frontier town, as the revolution's leaders camped out for nine months in 1777-78.

    Don't know much about "York Revolution" history? A May 2007 special section, produced in conjunction with the local baseball team's debut, shares the story behind the county's role in the Revolutionary War.

    Originally developed as part of a school curriculum program, this collection of posters examines each of the "nine months" of the Revolutionary War in York County.

    Nine Months in York Town by James McClure focuses on York County's role in the Revolutionary War.