Category Archives: Shrewsbury Township

Nineteenth Century York County Swedenborgians?

The recent York Daily Record article about a new church in York, the Swedenborgians, also known as the New Church or Church of the New Jerusalem, rang a bell. Click here for the York Daily Record article. Members beliefs are … Continue reading

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Forest Fires Hit York County in the Past

Doing a Google search on forest fires is eye opening. As I write this, fires are raging in the mountains of New Mexico; tigers and elephants are threatened by the fires in two national parks in India; and 45 forest … Continue reading

Posted in 1920s, fires, Lower Chanceford Twp., Shrewsbury Township, Universal York, York County, York Furnace | Leave a comment