Category Archives: The Pennsylvania Dutch

Still missing: Where is Elmwood’s Roll of Honor?

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Jim McClure

This is the Zion View War Memorial, one of York County’s most picturesque. We know where this Conewago Township memorial is located. But some war memorials have been lost over the years.

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History mystery photo: You might think this is Halloween garb, but wrong holiday

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Jim McClure

York, Pa., history mystery person: Wrong holiday. This isn’t Halloween garb, as maybe you thought at first. What holiday is this figure associated with, and what are figures such as this one commonly called?

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Amish and Mennonites: Don’t know much about Pennsylvania Dutch history? Linked in with neat history stuff, May 14, 2012

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Jim McClure

The Amish and Mennonites fascinate folks but how often do you have an opportunity to increase your understanding of these Pennsylvania Dutch denominations? Old Order Amish and Mennonite historians who will discuss the topic of “Amish and Mennonite: History of Growing Faith Communities” on Monday, June 10, 7:00 PM at Martindale Mennonite Fellowship Center, in Ephrata, Lancaster County.

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Distelfink? So now we all know the meaning of the strange Pennsylvania Dutch name

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Jim McClure

Distelfink Drive-in Restaurant was known as Sandoe’s Distelfink Drive-In on this postcard from York, Pa., Daily Record/Sunday News’ files. This picture from the undated postcard shows three cars from the early 1960s and one from the late 1950s. All this raises the question. What is a Distelfink?

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Gettysburg 150th: Casper Glattfelder’s family and the Civil War

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Jim McClure

This year’s reunion of the Casper Glattfelter Association of America focuses on the Glatfelders in the Civil War in connection with Gettysburg 150th.

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York-area Remembrance Day marks early observance of Gettysburg 150: Linked in to history, 4/30/13

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Jim McClure

Yorktownsquare covers Gettysburg Sesquicentennial Remembrance Day, the Casper Glattfelter family, Tom Wolf’s run for Pennsylvania governor and Loganville Fire Chief Rodney Miller’s death in the line of duty.

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North Codorus Township’s Diehl’s one-room school, aka ‘Corn-Cob College,’ remembered

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Jim McClure

Diehl’s one-room school, located in North Codorus Township, York County, was one of 300 such schools that representated a way of life for generations. John ‘Otts’ Hufnagel of the Glen Rock Historic Preservation Society, sent this image along with a narrative of one-room school life by another local student of history, the late Roger E. Shaffer. One-room schools continue to fascinate folks, so yorktownsquare.com profiles them in an occasional series.

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Lafayette Club bowling ball is on auction list, but what is to become of its paintings? Linked in to history, 4/5/13

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Jim McClure

Mugs, plates and a pair of bowling shoes are among the items to be auctioned from the longtime Lafayette Club in York, Pennsylvania. The former private men’s club closed its doors last year

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What would York County be without its wonderful old farmhouses and barns?

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Jim McClure

Strickler family members and York County, Pa., preservationists are concerned about the future of this old farmhouse near the York County Prison in Springettsbury Township. York County Commissioners say the house will remain standing.

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Casper Glattfelder’s legacy: Glatfelters, Gladfelters, Glotfeltys, Clodfelters and Clotfelters – and more

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Jim McClure

Casper Glattfelder’s legacy: Glatfelters, Gladfelters, Glotfeltys, Clodfelters and Clotfelters – and more

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