In the 1880s, horses — maybe in protest of their tail hair being loomed into sofas — powered a change in the making of horse cloth textiles. Horse power pulled everything around York County in those years. Wagons to factories and railroads. Carriages from houses to opera. Trolleys carrying people and goods. These horses empowered flies.

And that caused master weaver John W. Eisenhart to refit his looms from hair cloth to wire cloth. The looms spun out bug wire - screens - for windows to keep bugs out of your soup and gravy. So this is a story of trolleys that begat New York Wire Cloth, home of the York Factory Whistle. And now its rusty factory has been polished into maker’s space - home of a new type of artisans and craftsmen.

2.1 - All in One Room: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgo8fAxhO68

https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/one-room-schools-york-county-pa/

2.2 - Stitching Secret Messages: https://youtu.be/ZlSo7zjCuQo

https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/quilting-as-a-symbol-of-independence/

2.3 - Bridging the Susquehanna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8CpirdR_uA&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=6&t=694s

2.4 - Hellam's Horn Farm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIw-bhYjfAo&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=8&t=1s

https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/horn-farm-this-old-york-county-place-fights-adversity/

2.5 We walk the line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQmUn0ArkZs

2.6 Tropical Storm Agnes at 50: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFCm11oUZiw

Season 1, 2021

1.1 - The Baptist Farm and Underground Railroad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG2sWWEION4&t=69s

https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/farming-by-day-underground-railroad-by-night/

1.2 - Trauma in War and the Workplace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5qX5Bii_LE&t=1s

https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/a-soldiers-escape-healing-ptsd-in-nature/

1.3 - The People of the Golden Venture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOgEgctNYck&list=PLtbDp4leDwa070VfzjPh7bienFPDDppwq&index=5&t=3s

https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/access-to-justice-the-mantra-of-liberty-for-the-golden-venture/

1.4 - A Hill to Die on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX22YCQuvcQ&list=PLtbDp4leDwa070VfzjPh7bienFPDDppwq&index=4&t=4s

https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/a-hidden-space-the-potters-field-in-north-york/

1.5 - Millers' Tales: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBSuGKetfYo&list=PLtbDp4leDwa070VfzjPh7bienFPDDppwq&index=3&t=924s

https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/a-woman-with-one-arm-how-the-wallace-sisters-successfully-ran-their-grist-mill-despite-a-disability/

1.6 - Susquehanna Trail: This Old Road Keeps Rolling On: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2oV5yRPRuk&list=PLtbDp4leDwa070VfzjPh7bienFPDDppwq

RELATED SITES:

Preserving Newberrytown: https://www.facebook.com/groups/96217

Retro York: https://www.facebook.com/groups/retro...

Witnessing York: https://www.witnessingyork.com/

Wandering in York County: https://yorkblog.com/wandering/

EXTRAS:

Hometown History EXTRA with Codie Eash, Civil War expert: Sacrificing our Bridge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db18uK_OHF0&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=7&t=1s

Hometown History EXTRA with Sara Bixler, owner of Red Stone Glen Fiber Arts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3li87J2M9c&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=2&t=4s

Hometown History EXTRA with Zach Routson, Local grower

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncFw62SDjHE&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=9

Hometown History EXTRA with Scott Mingus, Civil War Expert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRKpMgEsEAQ

SHORTS:

Early farmers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T675G-JlT-I&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=10

Keenheel quilt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBQLIBmvCLk&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=5

Golden Venture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fPJH055AIY

Howard Tunnel: https://youtu.be/GaJ6wA1GIUc

Mary

In 1972, eastern York County didn't have a library - the same year Tropical Storm Agnes wreaked havoc in Pennsylvania. The FEMA trailer meant to provide relief to those in Williamsport would eventually make its way down to Hellam to serve as a library, but not before it smacked into a low bridge and later flooding during the opening ceremony. Other perils almost stopped this library, but our resilience eventually brought this vision into reality.

Season 2, 2022

2.1 - All in One Room: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgo8fAxhO68

2.2 - Stitching Secret Messages: https://youtu.be/ZlSo7zjCuQo

2.3 - Bridging the Susquehanna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8CpirdR_uA&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=6&t=694s

2.4 - Hellam's Horn Farm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIw-bhYjfAo&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=8&t=1s

2.5 We walk the line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQmUn0ArkZs

2.6 Tropical Storm Agnes at 50: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFCm11oUZiw

2.7 Summertime in YoCo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVuxr0fptJc&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=20&t=7s

2.8 Yorktowne Hotel: Making memories, meaning and the Green Book https://youtu.be/qlE782ENLKs

2.9 Martin Library tricked the Great Depression to offer treats for generations: https://youtu.be/FiwfyjAdmd4

Season 1, 2021

1.1 - The Baptist Farm and Underground Railroad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG2sWWEION4&t=69s

1.2 - Trauma in War and the Workplace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5qX5Bii_LE&t=1s

1.3 - The People of the Golden Venture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOgEgctNYck&list=PLtbDp4leDwa070VfzjPh7bienFPDDppwq&index=5&t=3s

1.4 - A Hill to Die on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX22YCQuvcQ&list=PLtbDp4leDwa070VfzjPh7bienFPDDppwq&index=4&t=4s

1.5 - Millers' Tales: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBSuGKetfYo&list=PLtbDp4leDwa070VfzjPh7bienFPDDppwq&index=3&t=924s

1.6 - Susquehanna Trail: This Old Road Keeps Rolling On: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2oV5yRPRuk&list=PLtbDp4leDwa070VfzjPh7bienFPDDppwq

Related sites:

Preserving Newberrytown: https://www.facebook.com/groups/96217

Retro York: https://www.facebook.com/groups/retro...

Witnessing York: https://www.witnessingyork.com/

Wandering in York County: https://yorkblog.com/wandering/

EXTRAS:

Codie Eash, Civil War expert: Sacrificing our Bridge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db18uK_OHF0&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=7&t=1s

Sara Bixler, owner of Red Stone Glen Fiber Arts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3li87J2M9c&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=2&t=4s

Zach Routson, Local grower

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncFw62SDjHE&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=9

Scott Mingus, Civil War Expert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRKpMgEsEAQ

Meredith Wolfe, New York Wire Works - Director of Marketing; and Walt Bausman, former New York Wire Works employee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hSFbhxK4L0

Judy Wimmer, retired Yorktowne employee, and Michael Blum, General Manager for the Yorktowne: https://youtu.be/v0KGlfvDIf8

Mina Edmonson, Director of Martin Library : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfqwMKDnjkY

SHORTS:

Early farmers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T675G-JlT-I&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=10

Keenheel quilt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBQLIBmvCLk&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=5

Golden Venture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fPJH055AIY

Howard Tunnel: https://youtu.be/GaJ6wA1GIUc

Mary Jane Mcgee Rewalt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7ofvufA9WU&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=14&t=1s

Demolished buildings verses those we saved: https://youtu.be/uQoAUJsw3m8

A conversation about the Yorktowne with Kim Hogeman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cxb2LqYq2w

Jamie and Domi talk about the day when York County stepped on the head of the snakeheads … of the Chinese gangster variety. These venomous smugglers specialized in trafficking human cargo across the sea into America and other countries. Their impact in 1993 touched York County and its prison when INS detained 154 smuggled Chinese people crammed aboard the Golden Venture that ran aground in June 1993 on Rockaway beach, Queens. By 1997, about 50 Golden Venture seekers of freedom remained in York County prison, held four years without being charged. Jamie and Domi tell about those years when a group of faithful area residents advocated for them in court, the news media and with government officials. These prisoners were released after Congressman Bill Goodling brought their plight to the attention of President Bill Clinton. Their legacy includes scores of folk art sculptures created in prison that remain in private collections and local museums. And that legacy includes an engaged York County community who saw injustice and never gave up.

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/

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/

Jamie Noerpel, a historian, and Dominish Marie Miller, an archivist, talk about pain and trauma endured in two wars - the Civil War and World War II - and how veterans and civilians dealt with the lingering impact of war.

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/

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/

Susquehanna Trail myths

S1, E6 extra: This road, part of a Roaring 20s “Susquehanna Trail” marketing campaign connecting Niagara Falls and Washington, D.C., entered York County at New Cumberland/Fairview Township and exited at the Mason-Dixon Line. Just as the Lincoln Highway created an early 1900s east/west transportation artery, the Susquehanna Trail provided a 1920s north/south corridor. It replaced Route 181, the old road from York to Harrisburg, as the preferred route. But the Susquehanna Trail’s spotlight soon dimmed. In the late 1950s, the Trail was subsumed by the Interstate 83, as the Pennsylvania Turnpike had done 20 years before to the Lincoln Highway. When you add this up, York County’s geography has made it a major transportation hub and the Susquehanna Trail has been - and is - an integral part of it.

Jamie and Domi interview Samantha Dorm of the Friends of Lebanon Cemetery. This group led the cleanup, restoration and identification of those buried in this historically Black cemetery. These volunteers have been leaders in regional cemetery restoration. They provide a prime example for others involved in do-it-yourself or informal urbanism, community-driven movements locally and nationally to identify needs and then solve them. 

Season 2, 2022

2.1 - All in One Room: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgo8fAxhO68

2.2 - Stitching Secret Messages: https://youtu.be/ZlSo7zjCuQo

2.3 - Bridging the Susquehanna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8CpirdR_uA&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=6&t=694s

2.4 - Hellam's Horn Farm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIw-bhYjfAo&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=8&t=1s

2.5 We walk the line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQmUn0ArkZs

2.6 Tropical Storm Agnes at 50: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFCm11oUZiw

2.7 Summertime in YoCo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVuxr0fptJc&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=20&t=7s

2.8 Yorktowne Hotel: Making memories, meaning and the Green Book https://youtu.be/qlE782ENLKs

2.9 Martin Library tricked the Great Depression to offer treats for generations: https://youtu.be/FiwfyjAdmd4

Season 1, 2021

1.1 - The Baptist Farm and Underground Railroad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG2sWWEION4&t=69s

1.2 - Trauma in War and the Workplace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5qX5Bii_LE&t=1s

1.3 - The People of the Golden Venture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOgEgctNYck&list=PLtbDp4leDwa070VfzjPh7bienFPDDppwq&index=5&t=3s

1.4 - A Hill to Die on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX22YCQuvcQ&list=PLtbDp4leDwa070VfzjPh7bienFPDDppwq&index=4&t=4s

1.5 - Millers' Tales: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBSuGKetfYo&list=PLtbDp4leDwa070VfzjPh7bienFPDDppwq&index=3&t=924s

1.6 - Susquehanna Trail: This Old Road Keeps Rolling On: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2oV5yRPRuk&list=PLtbDp4leDwa070VfzjPh7bienFPDDppwq

Related sites:

Preserving Newberrytown: https://www.facebook.com/groups/96217

Retro York: https://www.facebook.com/groups/retro...

Witnessing York: https://www.witnessingyork.com/

Wandering in York County: https://yorkblog.com/wandering/

EXTRAS:

Codie Eash, Civil War expert: Sacrificing our Bridge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db18uK_OHF0&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=7&t=1s

Sara Bixler, owner of Red Stone Glen Fiber Arts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3li87J2M9c&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=2&t=4s

Zach Routson, Local grower

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncFw62SDjHE&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=9

Scott Mingus, Civil War Expert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRKpMgEsEAQ

Meredith Wolfe, New York Wire Works - Director of Marketing; and Walt Bausman, former

New York Wire Works employee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hSFbhxK4L0

Judy Wimmer, retired Yorktowne employee, and Michael Blum, General Manager for the Yorktowne: https://youtu.be/v0KGlfvDIf8

Mina Edmonson, Director of Martin Library: https://youtu.be/tfqwMKDnjkY

Andy Smith, Artist and educator: https://youtu.be/lqHV0wagYIc

SHORTS:

Early farmers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T675G-JlT-I&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=10

Keenheel quilt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBQLIBmvCLk&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=5

Golden Venture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fPJH055AIY

Howard Tunnel: https://youtu.be/GaJ6wA1GIUc

Mary Jane Mcgee Rewalt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7ofvufA9WU&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=14&t=1s

Demolished buildings verses those we saved: https://youtu.be/uQoAUJsw3m8

A conversation about the Yorktowne with Kim Hogeman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cxb2LqYq2w

Water almost stopped Kreutz Creek Library: youtube.com/watch?v=F_DJ_9CTfPw

A forgotten lynching in York County: https://youtu.be/HBpR0yQmAWQ

Halloweeners pushed through the brand new, heavy wooden doors of Martin Library in full costume in 1935. Trick or treating was a thing that night. The tricky launch of a new library at the height of the Great Depression had been successful. And what a treat it was, this new winsome space filled with books as a diversion in this times of need. The Depression was a crusher, to be sure. But for Martin Library and a host or organizations that would become York County icons, the 1930s served as a moment to conceive, birth and grow. York Little Theater, York Symphony and York Chorus trace their beginnings to these times of scarcity. Except at Martin, with its abundant Halloween treats and shelves of books.

Season 2, 2022

2.1 - All in One Room: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgo8fAxhO68

2.2 - Stitching Secret Messages: https://youtu.be/ZlSo7zjCuQo

2.3 - Bridging the Susquehanna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8CpirdR_uA&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=6&t=694s

2.4 - Hellam's Horn Farm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIw-bhYjfAo&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=8&t=1s

2.5 We walk the line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQmUn0ArkZs

2.6 Tropical Storm Agnes at 50: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFCm11oUZiw

2.7 Summertime in YoCo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVuxr0fptJc&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=20&t=7s

2.8 Yorktowne Hotel: Making memories, meaning and the Green Book https://youtu.be/qlE782ENLKs

Season 1, 2021

1.1 - The Baptist Farm and Underground Railroad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG2sWWEION4&t=69s

1.2 - Trauma in War and the Workplace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5qX5Bii_LE&t=1s

1.3 - The People of the Golden Venture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOgEgctNYck&list=PLtbDp4leDwa070VfzjPh7bienFPDDppwq&index=5&t=3s

1.4 - A Hill to Die on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX22YCQuvcQ&list=PLtbDp4leDwa070VfzjPh7bienFPDDppwq&index=4&t=4s

1.5 - Millers' Tales: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBSuGKetfYo&list=PLtbDp4leDwa070VfzjPh7bienFPDDppwq&index=3&t=924s

1.6 - Susquehanna Trail: This Old Road Keeps Rolling On: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2oV5yRPRuk&list=PLtbDp4leDwa070VfzjPh7bienFPDDppwq

Related sites:

Preserving Newberrytown: https://www.facebook.com/groups/96217

Retro York: https://www.facebook.com/groups/retro...

Witnessing York: https://www.witnessingyork.com/

Wandering in York County: https://yorkblog.com/wandering/

EXTRAS:

Codie Eash, Civil War expert: Sacrificing our Bridge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db18uK_OHF0&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=7&t=1s

Sara Bixler, owner of Red Stone Glen Fiber Arts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3li87J2M9c&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=2&t=4s

Zach Routson, Local grower

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncFw62SDjHE&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=9

Scott Mingus, Civil War Expert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRKpMgEsEAQ

Meredith Wolfe, New York Wire Works - Director of Marketing; and Walt Bausman, former New York Wire Works employee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hSFbhxK4L0

Judy Wimmer, retired Yorktowne employee, and Michael Blum, General Manager for the Yorktowne: https://youtu.be/v0KGlfvDIf8

Mina Edmonson, Director of Martin Library: https://youtu.be/tfqwMKDnjkY

SHORTS:

Early farmers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T675G-JlT-I&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=10

Keenheel quilt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBQLIBmvCLk&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=5

Golden Venture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fPJH055AIY

Howard Tunnel: https://youtu.be/GaJ6wA1GIUc

Mary Jane Mcgee Rewalt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7ofvufA9WU&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=14&t=1s

Demolished buildings verses those we saved: https://youtu.be/uQoAUJsw3m8

A conversation about the Yorktowne with Kim Hogeman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cxb2LqYq2w

Water almost stopped Kreutz Creek Library: youtube.com/watch?v=

Susquehanna Trail: This Old Road Keeps Rolling On

S1, E6: This road, part of a Roaring 20s “Susquehanna Trail” marketing campaign connecting Niagara Falls and Washington, D.C., entered York County at New Cumberland/Fairview Township and exited at the Mason-Dixon Line. Just as the Lincoln Highway created an early 1900s east/west transportation artery, the Susquehanna Trail provided a 1920s north/south corridor. It replaced Route 181, the old road from York to Harrisburg, as the preferred route. But the Susquehanna Trail’s spotlight soon dimmed. In the late 1950s, the Trail was subsumed by the Interstate 83, as the Pennsylvania Turnpike had done 20 years before to the Lincoln Highway. When you add this up, York County’s geography has made it a major transportation hub and the Susquehanna Trail has been - and is - an integral part of it. Jamie Kinsley and Domi Miller explore the trail deeper in Episode 6 of Hometown History.

Presented at the Newberry Township building.

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/

Unlike York City, the residents of Wrightsville put up a fight when the Confederates marched through their town. They opted to burn their own bridge, the one across the Susquehanna River, rather than let the enemy cross. Codie Eash, Director of Education and Museum Operations at Seminary Ridge Museum and Education Center in Gettysburg, discusses the significance of the burning of the Wrightsville Bridge with Jamie and Domi in this Hometown History EXTRA.

Season 2, 2022

Episode 2.1 - All in One Room: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgo8fAxhO68

Episode 2.2 - Stitching Secret Messages: https://youtu.be/ZlSo7zjCuQo

Episode 2.3 - Bridging the Susquehanna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8CpirdR_uA&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=6&t=694s

Episode 2.4 - Hellam's Horn Farm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIw-bhYjfAo&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=8&t=1s

Season 1, 2021

Episode 1.1 - The Baptist Farm and Underground Railroad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG2sWWEION4&t=69s

Episode 1.2 - Trauma in War and the Workplace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5qX5Bii_LE&t=1s

Episode 1.3 - The People of the Golden Venture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOgEgctNYck&list=PLtbDp4leDwa070VfzjPh7bienFPDDppwq&index=5&t=3s

Episode 1.4 - A Hill to Die on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX22YCQuvcQ&list=PLtbDp4leDwa070VfzjPh7bienFPDDppwq&index=4&t=4s

Episode 1.5 - Millers' Tales: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBSuGKetfYo&list=PLtbDp4leDwa070VfzjPh7bienFPDDppwq&index=3&t=924s

Episode 1.6 - Susquehanna Trail: This Old Road Keeps Rolling On: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2oV5yRPRuk&list=PLtbDp4leDwa070VfzjPh7bienFPDDppwq

Related sites:

Preserving Newberrytown: https://www.facebook.com/groups/96217

Retro York: https://www.facebook.com/groups/retro...

Witnessing York: https://www.witnessingyork.com/

Wandering in York County: https://yorkblog.com/wandering/

Jamie and Domi interview Samantha Dorm of the Friends of Lebanon Cemetery. This group led the cleanup, restoration and identification of those buried in this historically Black cemetery. These volunteers have been leaders in regional cemetery restoration. They provide a prime example for others involved in do-it-yourself or informal urbanism, community-driven movements locally and nationally to identify needs and then solve them. 

Season 2, 2022

2.1 - All in One Room: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgo8fAxhO68

2.2 - Stitching Secret Messages: https://youtu.be/ZlSo7zjCuQo

2.3 - Bridging the Susquehanna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8CpirdR_uA&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=6&t=694s

2.4 - Hellam's Horn Farm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIw-bhYjfAo&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=8&t=1s

2.5 We walk the line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQmUn0ArkZs

2.6 Tropical Storm Agnes at 50: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFCm11oUZiw

2.7 Summertime in YoCo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVuxr0fptJc&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=20&t=7s

2.8 Yorktowne Hotel: Making memories, meaning and the Green Book https://youtu.be/qlE782ENLKs

2.9 Martin Library tricked the Great Depression to offer treats for generations: https://youtu.be/FiwfyjAdmd4

Season 1, 2021

1.1 - The Baptist Farm and Underground Railroad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG2sWWEION4&t=69s

1.2 - Trauma in War and the Workplace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5qX5Bii_LE&t=1s

1.3 - The People of the Golden Venture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOgEgctNYck&list=PLtbDp4leDwa070VfzjPh7bienFPDDppwq&index=5&t=3s

1.4 - A Hill to Die on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX22YCQuvcQ&list=PLtbDp4leDwa070VfzjPh7bienFPDDppwq&index=4&t=4s

1.5 - Millers' Tales: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBSuGKetfYo&list=PLtbDp4leDwa070VfzjPh7bienFPDDppwq&index=3&t=924s

1.6 - Susquehanna Trail: This Old Road Keeps Rolling On: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2oV5yRPRuk&list=PLtbDp4leDwa070VfzjPh7bienFPDDppwq

Related sites:

Preserving Newberrytown: https://www.facebook.com/groups/96217

Retro York: https://www.facebook.com/groups/retro...

Witnessing York: https://www.witnessingyork.com/

Wandering in York County: https://yorkblog.com/wandering/

EXTRAS:

Codie Eash, Civil War expert: Sacrificing our Bridge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db18uK_OHF0&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=7&t=1s

Sara Bixler, owner of Red Stone Glen Fiber Arts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3li87J2M9c&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=2&t=4s

Zach Routson, Local grower

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncFw62SDjHE&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=9

Scott Mingus, Civil War Expert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRKpMgEsEAQ

Meredith Wolfe, New York Wire Works - Director of Marketing; and Walt Bausman, former

New York Wire Works employee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hSFbhxK4L0

Judy Wimmer, retired Yorktowne employee, and Michael Blum, General Manager for the Yorktowne: https://youtu.be/v0KGlfvDIf8

Mina Edmonson, Director of Martin Library: https://youtu.be/tfqwMKDnjkY

Andy Smith, Artist and educator: https://youtu.be/lqHV0wagYIc

SHORTS:

Early farmers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T675G-JlT-I&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=10

Keenheel quilt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBQLIBmvCLk&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=5

Golden Venture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fPJH055AIY

Howard Tunnel: https://youtu.be/GaJ6wA1GIUc

Mary Jane Mcgee Rewalt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7ofvufA9WU&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=14&t=1s

Demolished buildings verses those we saved: https://youtu.be/uQoAUJsw3m8

A conversation about the Yorktowne with Kim Hogeman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cxb2LqYq2w

Water almost stopped Kreutz Creek Library: youtube.com/watch?v=F_DJ_9CTfPw

A forgotten lynching in York County: https://youtu.be/HBpR0yQmAWQ