Brief History of Thanksgiving

🦃 Did you know? York, Pennsylvania, holds the honor of being the birthplace of the first…

‘Lafayette, we are here!’ Visiting the General Horatio Gates House in York, PA

This summer, I visited York's Colonial Complex, where my good friend, Marquis de Lafayette, agreed to…

Visit the City of York’s 1741 Golden Plough Tavern

✨Did you know?✨ When you hear the phrase "bar and grill," what comes to mind? A…

Then & Now: Wagner’s 1830 Borough of York

In 1830, artist William Wagner created a series of 38 watercolors that accurately showed how York…

Side Quest: Explore York County’s Lock 13

Hidden between the Norman Wood Bridge and Muddy Creek on the eastern edge of York County…

Side Quest: Investigate the ruins of Lock 12

Lock 12 is one of the most well-preserved locks of the old Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal.…

Side Quest: Survey the Ruins of Mill Creek

These crumbling foundations were once part of an old mill found along the aptly named Mill…