Category Archives: taverns

John Fisher’s dog thought the bear on the tavern sign was real

Posted on October 1, 2011 by june lloyd

My previous post on John Fisher focused on his clocks. Fisher was also quite an artist. As well as pictures, he painted his wood carvings and also flags and trade signs to order. York folk artist Lewis Miller recorded what … Continue reading →

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York Post Office Was Once in Historic Globe Inn

Posted on July 7, 2011 by june lloyd

Globe Inn (1812-1892)–William Wagner engraving York’s “Old Post Office,” the subject of my recent York Sunday News column was the first permanent home of a downtown York post office. It bounced around before that. The last stop before Beaver and … Continue reading →

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York County Had Lots of Snow in 1831

Posted on February 10, 2010 by june lloyd

Sleighing party drawn by Lewis Miller I just sat down to blog about an entirely different subject when it struck me that I had never shared my February 2007 York Sunday News column on the big snowstorm of 1831. At … Continue reading →

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York People Fascinated by “Different” People

Posted on September 10, 2008 by june lloyd

York Fair week brings back memories of the midway when I was a child. Even though I never spent the money to go see them, I remember the hawkers and big tacky painted banners inviting fairgoers to step in and … Continue reading →

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How Did You Get Out of York Before Railroads?

Posted on June 11, 2008 by june lloyd

You rode a horse or took the stage. Mention stagecoach and the first picture that comes to my mind is the old west with Indians or robbers chasing the stage–too many John Wayne movies in my childhood. We easterners travelled … Continue reading →

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