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Modern nursing education owes much to rural York County’s Florence Gipe
Dr. Florence Meda Gipe Dr. Florence Gipe was a very interesting woman. She was a pioneer in modern nursing education and also deeply interested in York County History and Civil War history. I only met...
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York County jail empty and other news.
News from the York Recorder, June 9, 1829: This didn’t happen very often: “The jail of this county is at present empty—not an individual being confined therein for crime or debt. The like has not...
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Nineteenth century poultry woes
A friend recently donated some old photos to the York County Heritage Trust Library/Archives. The family farmed in Chanceford Township for generations, and there were a few things mixed in pertaining...
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York County Commissioners blamed for 1940s lack of isolation unit
Those of us who were born in the first half of the 20th century remember what a big deal polio, measles, diphtheria, whooping cough and other communicable diseases were, before effective preventative...
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Shrewsbury, Pa. bottle leads to medical/political family
J. Gerry medicine bottle.(Photo courtesy of Jeff Rohrbaugh) Jeff Rohrbaugh of Shrewsbury shared this recently acquired bottle on Facebook. The drug business noted on the bottle is attributed to Dr....
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Another random dip back into York County’s past.
Note the frequent train departures and arrivals in February 1873From York Gazette microfilm at York County Heritage Trust) Below are some items from across the York County, as reported in the February...
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On to the Mudd House
The Dr. Samuel Mudd House In my last post I shared my recent visit to the Surratt House Museum in Clinton, Maryland. Less than half an hour away is the Dr. Samuel Mudd House Museum. After picking up...
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1824 ads paint a picture of York
Advertisements in old newspapers give us a glimpse into the lives of our ancestors. Here is a sampling from the December 21, 1824 York Recorder, on microfilm at the York County History Center: FRESH...
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Dr. Laura J. Dice, York County physician of a century ago
Dr. Laura Dice’s name came up when I was researching the local Woman Suffrage movement in the second decade of the 20th century. Dice was an active participant in that effort. I wondered about her...
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Dr. Martha Bailey was another pioneering York County woman physician
Suppose you were ready to spread your toast and the margarine was white instead of yellow. It is not very appealing, is it? Some of you might remember when margarine came packaged with a capsule of...
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