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Hometown History: All in one room
All in one room: These small schools taught big lessons
S2, E1: About York County’s love affair with one-room schools - Those were the days when everyone in class drank from the same cup. When the teacher smacked the hands of southpaws, trying to ensure they learned the “right” way. When an orange that came at Christmas was as coveted as a cell phone today. Talk about one-room schools with former students, and you’ll soon be awash in memories. And strong opinions about getting back to basics in today’s schools. At one point before consolidation in the 1950s, York County led the state in public one-room schools with north of 350 dotting the countryside. Then consolidation set in. Small buildings, they were. But places with outsized influences, even today.
Presented at Blue Sky Tavern, Newberry Township.
Season 1, 2021: Episode 1 - The Baptist Farm and Underground Railroad: https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/farming-by-day-underground-railroad-by-night/
Episode 2 - Trauma in War and the Workplace: https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/a-soldiers-escape-healing-ptsd-in-nature/
Episode 3 - The People of the Golden Venture: https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/access-to-justice-the-mantra-of-liberty-for-the-golden-venture/
Episode 4 - A Hill to Die on: https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/a-hidden-space-the-potters-field-in-north-york/, Friends of Lebanon Cemetery: https://friendsoflebanoncemetery.com/; Prospect Hill Cemetery: https://prospecthill.org/; City Cemetery/ Potter's Field: https://yorkblog.com/wandering/city-cemetery-potters-field-north-york-grave/
Episode 5 - Millers' Tales: https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/a-woman-with-one-arm-how-the-wallace-sisters-successfully-ran-their-grist-mill-despite-a-disability/
Episode 6 - Susquehanna Trail: This Old Road Keeps Rolling On: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/history/blogs/york-town-square/2008/10/21/susquehanna-trail/31557873/.
Related sites:
Preserving Newberrytown: https://www.facebook.com/groups/96217
Retro York: https://www.facebook.com/groups/retroyork
Witnessing York: https://www.witnessingyork.com/
Wandering in York County: https://yorkblog.com/wandering/
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By Dominish MillerAll in one room: These small schools taught big lessons
S2, E1: About York County’s love affair with one-room schools - Those were the days when everyone in class drank from the same cup. When the teacher smacked the hands of southpaws, trying to ensure they learned the “right” way. When an orange that came at Christmas was as coveted as a cell phone today. Talk about one-room schools with former students, and you’ll soon be awash in memories. And strong opinions about getting back to basics in today’s schools. At one point before consolidation in the 1950s, York County led the state in public one-room schools with north of 350 dotting the countryside. Then consolidation set in. Small buildings, they were. But places with outsized influences, even today.
Presented at Blue Sky Tavern, Newberry Township.
Season 1, 2021: Episode 1 - The Baptist Farm and Underground Railroad: https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/farming-by-day-underground-railroad-by-night/
Episode 2 - Trauma in War and the Workplace: https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/a-soldiers-escape-healing-ptsd-in-nature/
Episode 3 - The People of the Golden Venture: https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/access-to-justice-the-mantra-of-liberty-for-the-golden-venture/
Episode 4 - A Hill to Die on: https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/a-hidden-space-the-potters-field-in-north-york/, Friends of Lebanon Cemetery: https://friendsoflebanoncemetery.com/; Prospect Hill Cemetery: https://prospecthill.org/; City Cemetery/ Potter's Field: https://yorkblog.com/wandering/city-cemetery-potters-field-north-york-grave/
Episode 5 - Millers' Tales: https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/a-woman-with-one-arm-how-the-wallace-sisters-successfully-ran-their-grist-mill-despite-a-disability/
Episode 6 - Susquehanna Trail: This Old Road Keeps Rolling On: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/history/blogs/york-town-square/2008/10/21/susquehanna-trail/31557873/.
Related sites:
Preserving Newberrytown: https://www.facebook.com/groups/96217
Retro York: https://www.facebook.com/groups/retroyork
Witnessing York: https://www.witnessingyork.com/
Wandering in York County: https://yorkblog.com/wandering/