Daily Archives: May 22, 2009

Pandemic struck York County in 1849 – gold fever

Posted on May 22, 2009 by Jim McClure

Nineteenth-century artist Lewis Miller captured 49ers from York, Pa. Background posts: There’s oil in those New Salem hills and Iron-mine-turned-into-party-spot turned into York County park and Site filled with wealth of York County geological info. 49ers from York? Fellow blogger … Continue reading →

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Dempwolf’s Old Man Winter in York: ‘It should last another hundred years’

Posted on May 22, 2009 by Jim McClure

The face of ‘Old Man Winter’ on the side of famed York, Pa., architect John Augustus Dempwolf’s own house was so deteriorated that it could not be saved. So, Mark Derrig, sculptor, and Ken Oatman, mason, created a replica. Background … Continue reading →

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