Category Archives: Columbia, PA

Benjamin Latrobe’s map of the lower Susquehanna River shows wild York and Lancaster county shores

Posted on April 28, 2011 by june lloyd

Latrobe thought the Turkey Hill rapids or falls “most formidible.” Benjamin Henry Latrobe has been called one of the fathers of American architecture, but his work surveying and mapping the Susquehanna River in 1801from Columbia, Pa. to Havre de Grace, … Continue reading →

Posted in 1800s, canals, Chanceford Twp., Columbia, PA, dams, ferries, Hellam Twp., Lancaster County, Long Level, Lower Windsor Twp., Maryland, Peach Bottom Twp., Safe Harbor, Susquehanna River, transportation, Universal York, water power, Windsor Township, York County | Leave a comment

Balloons in York County Skies

Posted on May 13, 2009 by june lloyd

Cut from James Mills’ Eye-catching Ad. The answer for Final Jeopardy this evening concerned two American presidents who witnessed the first balloon ascension in Paris and then, about ten years later, in 1793, the first American balloon ascension in Philadelphia. … Continue reading →

Posted in 1830s, ballooning, Columbia, PA, entertainment, Universal York, York County | Leave a comment

Columbia Herald Calls for Tariff

Posted on January 16, 2009 by june lloyd

When we are living through worrisome economic periods we tend to ignore that throughout the history of our country we have had many similar slumps and that we have always recovered to new prosperity. There have been different complicated causes … Continue reading →

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New Bridge Connects Wrightsville and Columbia after Civil War

Posted on August 8, 2008 by june lloyd

Lewis Miller drawing of himself and friends admiring 1868 Wrightsville bridge. Bridges make our lives so much more convenient. We have recently been hearing about the high cost of maintaining bridges. They are, of course, much more expensive to build … Continue reading →

Posted in 1860s, Baltimore, Civil War, Columbia, PA, Lewis Miller, Susquehanna River, transportation, Universal York, Wrightsville, York County | Leave a comment

Wrightsville Was Hopping in 1877

Posted on August 4, 2008 by june lloyd

Wrightsville has always occupied an important location in the transportation network. The Monocacy Trail, orginally a Native American path, became one of the first roads for the European settlers to York County and beyond. That road crossed the Susquehanna River … Continue reading →

Posted in 1870s, business, canals, Columbia, PA, commerce, highways, railroads, roads, Susquehanna River, transportation, Universal York, Wrightsville, York County | Leave a comment

Melodramatic Menagerie Comes To York, PA

Posted on May 6, 2008 by june lloyd

Yorkers did not lack for entertainment. Traveling performers and theater groups of all kinds made regular stops in York. The draw of the menagerie was usually the assortment of exotic animals, but the one the came to town in May … Continue reading →

Posted in 1840s, Abbotstown, animals, circus, Columbia, PA, entertainment, menageries, parades, Universal York, York | Leave a comment

Why York County Congressman Thomas Hartley Advocated Wright’s Ferry for the Capital of the United States.

Posted on March 16, 2008 by june lloyd

My recent York Sunday News column outlined York’s enthusiastic proposal to become the permanent capital of the United States. Motions, debates, and votes for one location or another flew in 1789 during the first Congress under the United States Constitution. … Continue reading →

Posted in 1780s, Columbia, PA, Congress, politics, Susquehanna River, Thomas Hartley, U.S. Capital, Universal York, Wright's Ferry, York | Leave a comment