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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WDW_455-west-market-street-historical_York-PA.html
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WDV_459-west-market-street-historical_York-PA.html
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WDU_j-allen-baer-house-historical_York-PA.html
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WDT_william-c-goodridge-entrepreneur-historical_York-PA.html
Born a slave in 1806, William C. Goodridge was freed in 1822, when he began his long, successful career as a businessman. His first enterprise was a barber shop, located on York's Centre Square. Next, he opened a five-story retail store on the Squ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JZT_civil-war-memorial_York-PA.html
Erected in memory of the
Defenders of the Union
1861-5
United States Hospital,
Established at York.
1862.
The dead here interred
were soldiers of the
Union from sixteen states
who died in hospital,
at their homes or
on battle fields.
…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JZG_fallen-heroes-memorial_York-PA.html
"When you go home. Tell them of us and say
For their tomorrow. We gave our today."
John Maxwell Edmonds
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML9H_camp-security_York-PA.html
A prison camp built in 1781 to detain British troops surrendered by Gen. Burgoyne at Saratoga, N.Y. and their families. Prisoners captured at Yorktown, Va. arrived later. It was guarded by York County militia and Continental troops until operation…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF4W_the-underground-railroad-and-precursors-to-war_York-PA.html
Among the events in the 1850s that helped drive the nation into civil war, the Christiana Riot put a controversial new law to a bloody test. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 ordered federal officers to arrest suspected runaway slaves; it also threat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF4U_york-surrenders-to-save-city_York-PA.html
In 1863, York became the largest Northern town occupied by the Confederate Army. The center of one of the richest farming regions in the Union, York was virtually defenseless as the Rebels approached. When Major General Jubal A. Early neared, the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF4S_men-who-don-t-often-weep-wept-then_York-PA.html
(Front):Faced with the impossible task of defending an essentially unarmed city against the six thousand battle hardened troops of General Jubal Early, the citizens of York met with the Confederates and negotiated surrender, in and act which was c…