Category Archives: Frederick Co., MD

How Did They Get There from York?

Posted on March 2, 2008 by june lloyd

Click here for the Library of Congress zoomable 1751 Fry-Jefferson map. I recently wrote about York County residents being recruited to move to Virginia in the 1870s. Click here to read that post. There were several paths, following very early … Continue reading →

Posted in 1700s, 1800s, Adams County, Cumberland Valley, Frederick Co., MD, genealogy, maps, Marsh Creek, migration, Monaghan Twp., Pennsylvania Germans, roads, Scots-Irish, Universal York, Virginia, York County | Leave a comment

Local Capitalists Wanted to Invest in York and Adams Counties and Maryland Real Estate

Posted on December 17, 2007 by june lloyd

Prosperity seems to have come to the York County of 140 years ago, if the ads in the December 31, 1867 issue of the York Gazette are any indication. Entrepreneurs and agents from New York, Philadelphia, Maryland, and Adams County … Continue reading →

Posted in 1860s, Adams County, advertising, agriculture, architecture, business, commerce, farming, Frederick Co., MD, merchants, New Oxford, prices, railroads, real estate, Universal York, York Springs | Leave a comment