Hometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco Backstory

Exploring York County’s Craft Brewers of the past: PART II

York County is blessed with abundant and clean water, and that resource with plentiful grains and proximity to markets have fueled the county’s longtime prowess in the brewing of beer and distilling of spirits. These same streams also became integral to other makers - furnaces forming iron, mills producing paper and tanneries treating leather. In the county’s long history, these many and varied demands on our precious water resources have clashed. Hometown History tells the story of our well-watered county and the challenges to that resource in the production of alcoholic beverages and so many other things part of everyday life.

Exploring York County’s Craft Brewers of the past: PART I

York County is blessed with abundant and clean water, and that resource with plentiful grains and proximity to markets have fueled the county’s longtime prowess in the brewing of beer and distilling of spirits. These same streams also became integral to other makers - furnaces forming iron, mills producing paper and tanneries treating leather. In the county’s long history, these many and varied demands on our precious water resources have clashed. Hometown History tells the story of our well-watered county and the challenges to that resource in the production of alcoholic beverages and so many other things part of everyday life.

Why York County Mattered: The summer we broke up with Britain

We're kicking off our 6th season of Hometown History at the Hard Bargains outdoor installation or sculpture in York. This brand new exhibit explores the Articles of Confederation adopted in York in 1777. This was America's first constitution, the predecessor to the U.S. Constitution. This framework helped bring France on board as an ally.

EPISODE 5.11 REBOOT - Strand Theatre at 100: Hometown History hosts an evening of memory sharing at the Appell Center

Young John Andrews arrived at York’s Strand Theatre early on a Thursday in late August 1925 equipped with a newspaper, a magazine, a lunch box and a soapbox to rest his feet. The Yorker was there about 12 hours in advance of opening night for the brand-new North George Street theatre and silent movie house. His goal was to get a free season pass for a year as the first patron to purchase a Strand ticket. After a day’s wait he met his goal, becoming of the first of thousands to walk under the theater’s marquee in the next century. Here we tell about who performed on the Strand stage, how the venue reflected an ever-changing York County and how the residents rallied twice in the past 50 years to make this glittering place for fun and entertainment.

Hometown History Episode 5.7: Hellam Township’s Mifflin House and its American Revolution, Underground Railroad and Civil War legacy PART 2

About a decade ago, a developer turned the ignition on plans to demolish Hellam Township’s Mifflin House and build a warehouse on the farm that surrounded it. That, in turn, ignited a grassroots protest that grew into a roaring engine of resistance from preservation professionals and government officials, who saw the historic and cultural significance of this early 1800s stone Quaker home atop a knoll overlooking the Susquehanna. After a compromise, Susquehanna National Heritage Area ended with the prize, and is developing plans of its own for an Underground Railroad center in the old stone house, a Susquehanna Discovery Center in its barn and establishment of a museum of Susquehanna River art on its grounds. Meanwhile, work is underway to understand the property’s Confederate and Union links to the Battle of Wrightsville that raged in the town below. In May, the first members of the public stepped onto the property as part of organized tours of the Mifflin House and its surrounding fields. Hometown History’s Jamie Noerpel and Dominish Marie Miller tell the story of those who made history on this historic land and those telling that story today.

Hometown History Episode 5.7: Hellam Township’s Mifflin House and its American Revolution, Underground Railroad and Civil War legacy PART 2

About a decade ago, a developer turned the ignition on plans to demolish Hellam Township’s Mifflin House and build a warehouse on the farm that surrounded it. That, in turn, ignited a grassroots protest that grew into a roaring engine of resistance from preservation professionals and government officials, who saw the historic and cultural significance of this early 1800s stone Quaker home atop a knoll overlooking the Susquehanna. After a compromise, Susquehanna National Heritage Area ended with the prize, and is developing plans of its own for an Underground Railroad center in the old stone house, a Susquehanna Discovery Center in its barn and establishment of a museum of Susquehanna River art on its grounds. Meanwhile, work is underway to understand the property’s Confederate and Union links to the Battle of Wrightsville that raged in the town below. In May, the first members of the public stepped onto the property as part of organized tours of the Mifflin House and its surrounding fields. Hometown History’s Jamie Noerpel and Dominish Marie Miller tell the story of those who made history on this historic land and those telling that story today.

Hometown History Episode 5.7: Hellam Township’s Mifflin House and its American Revolution, Underground Railroad and Civil War legacy PART 1

About a decade ago, a developer turned the ignition on plans to demolish Hellam Township’s Mifflin House and build a warehouse on the farm that surrounded it. That, in turn, ignited a grassroots protest that grew into a roaring engine of resistance from preservation professionals and government officials, who saw the historic and cultural significance of this early 1800s stone Quaker home atop a knoll overlooking the Susquehanna. After a compromise, Susquehanna National Heritage Area ended with the prize, and is developing plans of its own for an Underground Railroad center in the old stone house, a Susquehanna Discovery Center in its barn and establishment of a museum of Susquehanna River art on its grounds. Meanwhile, work is underway to understand the property’s Confederate and Union links to the Battle of Wrightsville that raged in the town below. In May, the first members of the public stepped onto the property as part of organized tours of the Mifflin House and its surrounding fields. Hometown History’s Jamie Noerpel and Dominish Marie Miller tell the story of those who made history on this historic land and those telling that story today.

About a decade ago, a developer turned the ignition on plans to demolish Hellam Township’s Mifflin House and build a warehouse on the farm that surrounded it. That, in turn, ignited a grassroots protest that grew into a roaring engine of resistance from preservation professionals and government officials, who saw the historic and cultural significance of this early 1800s stone Quaker home atop a knoll overlooking the Susquehanna. After a compromise, Susquehanna National Heritage Area ended with the prize, and is developing plans of its own for an Underground Railroad center in the old stone house, a Susquehanna Discovery Center in its barn and establishment of a museum of Susquehanna River art on its grounds. Meanwhile, work is underway to understand the property’s Confederate and Union links to the Battle of Wrightsville that raged in the town below. In May, the first members of the public stepped onto the property as part of organized tours of the Mifflin House and its surrounding fields. Hometown History’s Jamie Noerpel and Dominish Marie Miller tell the story of those who made history on this historic land and those telling that story today