When the second Bridge across the Susquehanna River burned in June 1863, many Wrightsville buildings and homes caught fire. The Confederate Army and people from the town formed a bucket brigade. They needed to stop the fire and save the town. Mary Jane Magee Rewalt lived in a home close to the impending fire, and ended up serving the enemy breakfast the next day.
Season 2, 2022
Episode 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/
Episode 2.2 - Stitching Secret Messages: https://youtu.be/ZlSo7zjCuQo
https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/quilting-as-a-symbol-of-independence/
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
https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/horn-farm-this-old-york-county-place-fights-adversity/
Episode 2.5 We walk the line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQmUn0ArkZs
Season 1, 2021
Episode 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/
Episode 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/
Episode 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/
Episode 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/
Episode 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/
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/
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