1821 map of York and Adams counties is a real treasure
I have written before about York’s multitalented William Wagner. One of his lasting legacies as an engraver is the Map of York and Adams Counties that he published with Daniel Small in 1821. This map...
View ArticleYork County Wine Convention, 1829
William Wagner’s 1830 view of Upp’s vineyard, now the site of Farquhar Park York County was quite a hotbed of viticulture and viniculture in the first half of the nineteenth century. A long article in...
View ArticleProblems in York’s Center Square
From William Wagner’s Views in the Borough of York & Vicinity, 1830 I have read that one reason for tearing down the two later market sheds in York’s Center Square in the 1880s was that they were...
View ArticleWilliam Wagner seal dug up in West Virginia
Wagner seal, courtesy of Greenbrier Historical Society In 2010 a Greenbrier County, West Virginia resident was plowing his garden and unearthed a round metal object, probably brass. It was somewhat...
View ArticleYork County history noted on illustrated map
Prints of this illustrated map of York County were issued in 1932 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of York City Laundry and Dry Cleaners. It shows townships and some, but not all, of the...
View ArticlePhotography caught on quickly in York County
In 1826 Frenchman Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (1765-1833) created the first real photograph known to exist today. The view from a window at Gras, France is also known as the “First Photograph,” and it is...
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