Results tagged “Jr.” from York Town Square

This Grandpa' s Knob wind tower in Vermont has links to York County. Background posts: 20 questions and answers to prove your York County WWII smarts, Who were York County's most influential citizens? - Part I and How come few in York know about S. Morgan Smith anymore?

This blog has featured several posts on York pastor-turned-entrepreneur S. Morgan Smith, his company, his family and his church.

One of his company's successor's, Voith Siemens, is best known today for its water turbines - massive machinery that equip the world's largest hydropower dams.

York Sunday News columnist Gordon Freireich shows (12/14/08) the company stretched from waterpower to wind before windmills became popular in America as an alternative energy source:

This is is a replica of the York County Court House, where Congress met in 1777-78 and adopted the Articles of Confederation. This action has led to the claim that York is the first capital of the United States. Background posts: Articles of Confederation's 230th birthday celebrated and Events in 1777 helped tip Revolution toward patriots.

I get queries dealing with the claim that York was the first capital of the United States fairly often.

For example, an e-mailer recently wondered:

"I'm curious as to whether you consider York to truly be the first capital of the United States, or simply the place where the nation was in essence birthed through the drafting of the Articles of Confederation."

It connects with discussion in a previous post about our fascination with "firsts."

Here's what I've written on the topic in the York Daily Record and in my "Nine Months in York Town" with my own views at the end: