Shows
Practical PreservationPractical Preservation Podcast featuring Dominish Miller of HomeTown HistoryDominish Miller of HomeTown History joined the Practical Preservation podcast to discuss:Her interest in York County history including Lewistown, Newberrytown, and Civil WarThe goal to educate the public in the rich local historyThe most interesting thing she has learned in her researchThoughts on agricultural homesteading, untold stories and primary sources for historical researchYou can reach Dominish by visiting:EmailFacebookYouTubeInstagram
2025-08-1023 min
Hometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History Episode 5.7: Hellam Township’s Mifflin House PART 3Hometown History Episode 5.7: Hellam Township’s Mifflin House and its American Revolution, Underground Railroad and Civil War legacy PART 2About a decade ago, a developer turned the ignition on plans to demolish Hellam Township’s Mifflin House and build a warehouse on the farm that surrounded it. That, in turn, ignited a grassroots protest that grew into a roaring engine of resistance from preservation professionals and government officials, who saw the historic and cultural significance of this early 1800s stone Quaker home atop a knoll overlooking the Susquehanna. After a compromise, Susq...
2025-07-1011 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History Episode 5.7: Hellam Township’s Mifflin House PART 2Hometown History Episode 5.7: Hellam Township’s Mifflin House and its American Revolution, Underground Railroad and Civil War legacy PART 2About a decade ago, a developer turned the ignition on plans to demolish Hellam Township’s Mifflin House and build a warehouse on the farm that surrounded it. That, in turn, ignited a grassroots protest that grew into a roaring engine of resistance from preservation professionals and government officials, who saw the historic and cultural significance of this early 1800s stone Quaker home atop a knoll overlooking the Susquehanna. After a compromise, Susquehanna National Heritage Area...
2025-07-1015 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History Episode 5.7: Hellam Township’s Mifflin House PART 1Hometown History Episode 5.7: Hellam Township’s Mifflin House and its American Revolution, Underground Railroad and Civil War legacy PART 1About a decade ago, a developer turned the ignition on plans to demolish Hellam Township’s Mifflin House and build a warehouse on the farm that surrounded it. That, in turn, ignited a grassroots protest that grew into a roaring engine of resistance from preservation professionals and government officials, who saw the historic and cultural significance of this early 1800s stone Quaker home atop a knoll overlooking the Susquehanna. After a compromise, Susquehanna National Heritage Area...
2025-07-1009 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History EXTRA with Pete MieleAbout a decade ago, a developer turned the ignition on plans to demolish Hellam Township’s Mifflin House and build a warehouse on the farm that surrounded it. That, in turn, ignited a grassroots protest that grew into a roaring engine of resistance from preservation professionals and government officials, who saw the historic and cultural significance of this early 1800s stone Quaker home atop a knoll overlooking the Susquehanna. After a compromise, Susquehanna National Heritage Area ended with the prize, and is developing plans of its own for an Underground Railroad center in the old stone house, a Susquehanna Di...
2025-07-0221 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History EXTRA with Greg Halpin, 5.6Greg Halpin - A retired fire chief shares the history of firefighting, the rebirth of the Police Museum, and his efforts to document lock-ups around the county.
2025-06-0113 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryAlmshouses, prisons, orphanages: York County’s commitment to community care in the 1800, 5.6Episode 5.6
In the 1800s, York County grew up as a community. The county provided an almshouse and hospital for children, poor people and disabled adults. The Ladies Aid Society supported soldiers and the York County community in the Civil War. York Hospital formed to host patients needing overnight care. The Children’s Home of York formed as an orphanage to care for families disrupted by the deadly Civil War. A new county prison went up, a place designed to keep the county safe. Most of these organizations - pillars of compassion or places to keep people or the community safe...
2025-06-0125 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History: Fighting Frenchman Lafayette’s brief visits left long legacy in York County, 5.3The Marquis de Lafayette’s spent less than a week total in his visits to York County, but his legacy marks our landscape: the sculpture outside the Gates House, a former men’s club, a street near York’s oldest park and the name of the nicest banquet room at WellSpan Park. In the February episode of Hometown History, Jamie Noerpel and Dominish Marie Miller tell about this French nobleman who came alongside America’s quest for independence in the American Revolution.
2025-04-2115 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History EXTRA with Judith Grove and Casey Juffe, 5.2Grove and Juffe speak about the treasures that can be found at the Dallastown Area Historical Society
2025-04-2111 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History EXTRA with Bob Bupp, who witnessed LBJ firsthand, 5.2Mr Bupp recalls his personal memories of LBJ's visit to Dallastown.
2025-04-2111 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History: Part 2: When LBJ came to Dallastown 5.2With Jimmy Carter’s recent death, some people wondered whether he ever visited York County. Of course he did, as a candidate in 1975. York County is the place to visit, as more than 30 other presidents, ex-presidents or presidential hopefuls can attest. The county sits in the middle of things - close to Washington, D.C., and Gettysburg and its national park and cemetery. And Harley-Davidson has beckoned U.S. presidents to get on the bike. So our presidents have come and gone. Jamie Noerpel and Dominish Marie Miller will talk about these presidential visits from Dallastown, the town that ho...
2025-04-2111 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History: Part 1: When LBJ came to Dallastown and York County, 5.2With Jimmy Carter’s recent death, some people wondered whether he ever visited York County. Of course he did, as a candidate in 1975. York County is the place to visit, as more than 30 other presidents, ex-presidents or presidential hopefuls can attest. The county sits in the middle of things - close to Washington, D.C., and Gettysburg and its national park and cemetery. And Harley-Davidson has beckoned U.S. presidents to get on the bike. So our presidents have come and gone. Jamie Noerpel and Dominish Marie Miller will talk about these presidential visits from Dallastown, the town that ho...
2025-04-2116 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History EXTRA with Tom Davidson and Winnie Mundis Fickes, 5.1Ms Mundis shares stories and first-hand accounts about the Modernaire Motel
2025-04-2129 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History: Sign of the times: Modernaire Motel’s classic marquee to get new life, 5.1Those icons of old American roads - motels, drive-in theaters, bowling alleys and diners - made travel possible and interesting. Today, the Modernaire Motel in Springettsbury Township is among those retro places along the Lincoln Highway that is long closed and facing an uncertain future. Hometown History’s Jame Noerpel and Dominish Marie Miller talk about Lincoln Highway historian Tom Davidson’s project to preserve the Modernaire’s vintage sign as a way to preserve the memory of this old motel that for decades beckoned scores upon scores of motorists to stay overnight.
2025-04-2108 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History interviews Terry Tolomeo and Ron Bunce of the Children’s Home of YorkHometown History interviews Terry Tolomeo and Ron Bunce of the Children’s Home of York
For more information:
(717) 755-1033
https://www.childrenshomeofyork.org/
2025-04-1516 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryChildren’s Home at 160: From orphanage to multi-service York County care providerIn the 1800s, York County grew up as a community. The county provided an almshouse and hospital for children, poor people and disabled adults. The Ladies Aid Society supported soldiers and the York County community in the Civil War. York Hospital formed to host patients needing overnight care. And the Children’s Home of York formed as an orphanage to care for families disrupted by the deadly Civil War. The Children’s Home has continued to evolve, changing from an institutional setting where children once wore drab uniforms in its longtime red brick building to smaller, group home settings in the...
2025-04-1527 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryGreat Depression punched York, but Valencia Ballroom dancers swayed to swing bands, Part 3Part 3
When the remodeled Valencia Ballroom reopened after renovations in October 1934, famed big band leaders who performed there considered it one of the best dance halls in America. The 2,000 people attending the opening of this North George Street venue did, too. They kept coming back to the 260-by-60-foot hall, entering under a stainless-steel marquee with neon lighting. Fourteen murals of landscapes tied to the venue’s namesake region in Spain added to the setting for dancers and later greeted the swing orchestras of Duke Ellington and Glenn Miller and the vocals of Frank Sinatra. Today, the Valencia carries the sa...
2025-04-1508 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryGreat Depression punched York, but Valencia Ballroom dancers swayed to swing bands, Part 2Part 2
When the remodeled Valencia Ballroom reopened after renovations in October 1934, famed big band leaders who performed there considered it one of the best dance halls in America. The 2,000 people attending the opening of this North George Street venue did, too. They kept coming back to the 260-by-60-foot hall, entering under a stainless-steel marquee with neon lighting. Fourteen murals of landscapes tied to the venue’s namesake region in Spain added to the setting for dancers and later greeted the swing orchestras of Duke Ellington and Glenn Miller and the vocals of Frank Sinatra. Today, the Valencia carries the sa...
2025-04-1518 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryGreat Depression punched York, but Valencia Ballroom dancers swayed to swing bands, Part 1Part 1
When the remodeled Valencia Ballroom reopened after renovations in October 1934, famed big band leaders who performed there considered it one of the best dance halls in America. The 2,000 people attending the opening of this North George Street venue did, too. They kept coming back to the 260-by-60-foot hall, entering under a stainless-steel marquee with neon lighting. Fourteen murals of landscapes tied to the venue’s namesake region in Spain added to the setting for dancers and later greeted the swing orchestras of Duke Ellington and Glenn Miller and the vocals of Frank Sinatra. Today, the Valencia carries the sa...
2025-04-1514 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryIn the middle of everything: York’s Continental Square’s central role in York County’s storyYork's Continental Square has been in the center of things since before the mid-1750s when the 45-foot by 45-foot York County Court House went up in its middle. Initially, the square was aptly called Centre Square, and it became York County's heart as the place that the region's main east/west and north/south routes crossed. Indeed, changes in and around the square helped spell out different chapters in York County’s story - its phases in importance of government, agriculture, industries, retailers and, today, creatives and recreationists. Jamie Noerpel and Dominish Marie Miller tell the ins and outs of...
2024-12-1638 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryYork Quakers silently worship in same meeting house since 1766York County History Storytellers Night 2025 special episode- Quakers of York County
2024-12-1613 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryThe story of Hex Hollow & Pennsylvania Dutch powwowing 4.12The Hex Murder of 1928 has rightly scored the tag as York County's crime of the 20th century. You have three guys, including two teens, killing a farmer in a remote part of the county in the days before Thanksgiving. The trio went to Rehmeyer’s Hollow to break what they believed was a malevolent spell that Nelson Rehmeyer had cast on them. Something went awry, and they killed Rehmeyer, a benevolent practitioner of the Pennsylvania Dutch practice of powwowing that combined folk religion with healing rituals. Their subsequent murder trials gained international attention when witchcraft came out in testimony and em...
2024-12-1649 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History: Do it yourself projects, York County style 4.10Not long ago, Hometown History’s Dominish Marie Miller learned of once-welcoming blue-and-gold Keystone Markers rusting in a Newberry Township storage. In their day, these two vintage roadside markers announced the village of Newberrytown as a place worthy of notice. Domi approached township supervisors about repairing these cast-iron monuments, and they agreed. Domi gained other partners and the project commenced. One rehabbed marker has gone up in Newberrytown and another will soon be hoisted into place. This is just one do-it-yourself project that is part of a movement that is gaining momentum around York County. In this day of strapped go...
2024-08-2534 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History SHORT snapshots of do it yourself projects happening all around usDiscussing other do it yourself projects happening in York County
2024-08-2003 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History EXTRA with Bob Mann and Jacob LemonBob Mann's work at the Farquhar Park. He continuously places fresh flowers at the interpretative plaques of the memorial to Lillie Belle Allen and Henry C. Schaad, 2 individuals who were killed in the 1969 race riots.
Jacob Lemon is the man behind the restoration efforts at Smoketown Cemetery. Recently, he's been able to take his love for history and turn it into a full blown one-man restoration project.
Years of neglect and vandalism lead to an overgrown and decaying hollowed ground.
Jacob started by cleaning the headstones that were straight and level. Then he noticed how many stones were broken and...
2024-08-2015 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryThe Confederate Occupation of Hanover 4.9The Hanover Area, by intention or not, has long fashioned itself as an outsider in York County. Indeed, some in that southwestern region sought to form their own county in the early 1800s. In the Civil War era, Hanover on again operated against the grain. Hanoverians voted Republican in a sea of Democratic, anti-Lincoln townships. When the Confederates came calling the first time, in late June 1863, leaders bravely faced off with words against the enemy in the town square - passively or aggressively or maybe a little of both. In contrast, York’s leaders sought out the Confederates to surrender th...
2024-07-0333 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History EXTRA with Mayor Michael Helfrich, former Riverkeeper 4.5Codorus Creek has graduated from its “Inky Stinky” class, but few would call it a winsome waterway, with those high banks and scant creekside access. Years of use - and abuse - have caused many York Countians to simply walk over it with little thought, despite it being one of our most historically important waterways. Listen to Jamie Noerpel and Dominish Miller as they interview Mayor Michael Helfrich of York City, the former Susquehanna Riverkeeper. They discuss how the proposed Codorus Greenway Project will benefit the neighboring residents while also recognizing the challenges they face.
2024-06-2628 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History: Some see it as a foul canal, but Codorus Greenway will turn the creek into a parkCodorus Creek has graduated from its “Inky Stinky” class, but few would call it a winsome waterway, with those high banks and scant creekside access. Years of use - and abuse - have damaged the York Countian’s image of what could be. But modern perceptions can’t alter the fact that the Codorus shaped York County culture from the indigenous peoples through colonialism and into the 21st century. Hundreds of thousands of people have relied on it for hydration, agriculture, recreation, energy, transportation of our goods, and even supporting our nation during times of war. But it’s also been used...
2024-06-2634 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History EXTRA with Don Robinson, Old Line Museum Volunteer 4.6Don Robinson, Old Line Museum Volunteer, speaks with Jamie and Domi about the Welsh quarrymen’s cottages and the history of Delta- Peach Bottom area.
2024-06-2609 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryWhen Peach Bottom Welsh quarried slate to make roofs that seem to last forever 4.6In the 1840s, the Welsh came to the Delta-Peach Bottom area to quarry slate, as they had in Wales for generations. The quarries boomed for 75 years and then declined from the World War I era to World War II, but the Welsh influence remains today. When high school students from Wales visited Delta in 2023, some felt that they were in their native country. Some found their hometowns inscribed on tombstones in Slateville Presbyterian Cemetery. “The Welsh cracked the stone in one direction,” the region’s primary history book states, “and split it in the other to make roofs that seem to last...
2024-06-2628 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History SHORT the quarrying of slate did not take off until the Welsh came here 4.6In the 1840s, the Welsh came to the Delta-Peach Bottom area to quarry slate, as they had in Wales for generations. The quarries boomed for 75 years and then declined from the World War I era to World War II, but the Welsh influence remains today. When high school students from Wales visited Delta in 2023, some felt that they were in their native country. Some found their hometowns inscribed on tombstones in Slateville Presbyterian Cemetery. “The Welsh cracked the stone in one direction,” the region’s primary history book states, “and split it in the other to make roofs that seem to last...
2024-06-2606 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History: NeyChip’s History Center will add muscle to York Haven’s good bones 4.7A century ago, many roads led to the borough of York Haven. Canal Road was one, and the early highway to Harrisburg was another. A trolley line connected York with York Haven. The Conewago flowed into the Susquehanna at York Haven. The town hosted first grist milling and then a major paper mill. An early American canal - Canal Road’s namesake - cut through to allow water craft to circumvent the falls in the Susquehanna near the town. Much of the industry has departed leaving a town with good bones and one that is in search of investment. But it...
2024-06-2606 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History SHORT Lightning Round: Six books that we just had to mentionHighlighting six local York County books that didn't make it into the main presentation
2024-02-1907 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History’s Jamie and Domi tout these York County history books as must reads 4.4In 2003, Eric Ledell Smith looked at the local history enterprise in York County, writing in a statewide journal that York County was experiencing a “renaissance” of history writing. In the 20 years since that assessment from this noted Pennsylvania historian, York County has amassed a wealth of local history research in thoughtfully written books and digital platforms. These works about York’s past have surfaced the best of what it means to be a York countian without inflating our reserved personality that has always represented us so well. These books have illuminated moments where we have fallen short as a county withou...
2024-02-1938 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History EXTRA with Silas ChamberlainSilas Chamberlain, author of “On the Trail: A History of American Hiking”
2024-02-1915 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History EXTRA with Sam McKinney at the Eichelberger's DistilleryFrom 1803 to 1833, the Eichelberger family distilled spirits here. Locals from Dill’s town, now Dillsburg, drank here; they dinned here; they celebrated here. In April of 2024, the distillery will re-open for the first time in 200 years. Here’s an explanation of how the Eichelbergers would have distilled their own whiskey.
2024-02-1309 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History SHORT The Dillsburg Tavern brings back the booze, but with a history twist 4.3The Dill’s tavern dates back to the 18th century when taverns were the epicenter of social life. In this episode, Jamie and Domi trace the stone structure’s history back to the first glasses of whiskey were sold up to today with the opening of a “new” distillery.
2024-02-1308 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History EXTRA with Jan Watt, co-owner of the Peter Wolf HouseWest Manchester’s Jan Watt is living the dream in her restored West Manchester farmhouse - the Peter Wolf House. “It’s almost like I see it new every day,” she told the YDR several years ago. That, despite the view of a gas station from her bedroom window and the rumble of cars speeding by, as the YDR reported some years ago. The old farmhouse that Watt and her husband, Steve March, have restored - and are restoring - is surrounded by a Rutters (and soon a Wawa), a warehouse, a car dealership and its former barn, now a commerci...
2024-02-1315 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryPeter Wolf House restored: ‘We need to wake up before the only history we have is in a book’ 4.1West Manchester’s Jan Watt is living the dream in her restored West Manchester farmhouse - the Peter Wolf House. “It’s almost like I see it new every day,” she told the YDR several years ago. That, despite the view of a gas station from her bedroom window and the rumble of cars speeding by, as the YDR reported some years ago. The old farmhouse that Watt and her husband, Steve March, have restored - and are restoring - is surrounded by a Rutters (and soon a Wawa), a warehouse, a car dealership and its former barn, now a commerci...
2024-02-1318 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History SHORT Six other homes turned into recent major historic preservation projectsJamie and Domi highlight 6 preservation projects throughout York County
2024-02-1306 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History SHORT The Hoke House In Spring Grove Is Getting Ready For Its Move 4.2The Hoke House is one old property that was THE hottest frontier spot during the 18th century. People lived here. They gossiped here. They built York County here. Built around 1750, the Hoke House first functioned as a tavern that lasted into the next century. In this episode, Jamie and Domi focus on the building's role during the Revolutionary era.
2024-02-1306 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History: York’s Penn Park: Long-time city green space awaiting rediscoveryFrom its founding in 1816, Penn Park served as a place that freedmen and women could disembark from their journey to free soil and take the first steps in building new lives. Later, this public commons served as a gathering place for civil rights vigils and protests. Shouts and cries still echo across the green expanse of Penn Park. Long and short, this green space has served as a coming together place since its founding. For years in the 1800s, a resident lived in its expanse - freedman Charles Granger, known as Squire Braxton. At times, Penn Park’s expanse has be...
2023-12-2842 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History: Farming in York County: Telling Stories from the landWe might really need a doctor, a lawyer, and a policeman once in a lifetime, the sage says. But every day, you need a farmer. Three times, at least,
Indeed, farming is more than keeping your eyes on the row. Always has been. Farm families have multiple crops to plant. Runs to the mill to take. Machinery to fix. Home remedies to make. Animals to birth. Gardens to weed. And then crops to harvest. If Mother Nature cooperates.
Hometown History’s Jamie Noerpel and Dominish Marie Miller tell stories from the land in York County — about agriculture and farms, rural and...
2023-12-2838 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History EXTRA with Chub Neiman and Jim GrossTwo fans talk about Penn Park’s past, present, and future.
Charles 'Chub' Neiman, a retired businessman and York High grad with long-term interest in the park
Jim Gross, retired City Works director
2023-12-2829 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History EXTRA with Roger Wilson and Jeff LauGrowing up in York County: ‘Too Much Ice Cream, Not Enough Paint’
2023-12-2816 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History SHORT Penn-Coates Memorial BuildingIt first served as a police outpost and comfort station. Here’s how it got started:
A group of townspeople felt the small shanty used by Patrolman Charles Carr wasn’t adequate. Penn Common Community Association was formed to fund and build a new police station and rest area for the public.
They raised the $20,000 to build and furnish the structure through public fundraising
2023-12-2802 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History SHORT Carlisle's Native American Boarding School: Unspoken trauma of the pastIt’s never too late to right a wrong. This is a single story of Native American history in our area.
2023-12-2804 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History at WyndridgeDomi and Jamie talk from and about a barn, the restored barn at Wyndridge, that is. Farming was, and in some ways still is, an essential part of York County history. Barns were the lifeblood to the traditional, PA Dutch family: They housed the livestock, their food, and equipment throughout the entire year. No where else in the world is the bank barn a characteristic of the region’s architecture as much as Pennsylvania. And per the format of History Storytellers Night, they find a champ and a foe in our grand barns.
2023-12-2811 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History EXTRA with Abby Teaford and Raine DawnRaine Dawn of the Anishinaabe People lives in Spring Grove. Her family is a part of the Turtle Mountain Chippewa tribe still located in North Dakota. Her mother attended a boarding school from the age of six to graduation at age 16.
“She was not allowed to know or learn our Native traditions,” Raine says. “She lived in the time where natives were being indoctrinated into the American culture.”
2023-08-3113 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History Susquehannocks no giants but stand tall in York County history 3.6"At some remote time in the past, perhaps more than twelve thousand years ago, a single human being became the first person to see the Susquehanna River, the late York County-based archaeologist Barry Kent wrote. “He did not call it Susquehanna, nor did he stand in awe of its size and beauty. His people and their ancestors had seen and crossed many rivers of this new land.”
So begins the story of what would one day become York County. Other American Indian groups would follow. Hometown History’s Jamie Noerpel and Dominish Marie Miller will tell some stories about Native Americ...
2023-08-3149 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History SHORT Carlisle's Native American Boarding School: Unspoken trauma of the pastAddressing the century-old impact of American Indian boarding schools to understand traumas of the past.
2023-08-3109 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History: The Shoe House story from heel to toeMahon Haines built the Shoe House, York County's famed roadside attraction, to promote his chain of shoe stores and attract Lincoln Highway motorists off the busy road. "He began on a shoe string," the Saturday Evening Post said, "which he tied into a long string of shoe stores." The 75-year-old Shoe has served as a honeymoon place, an ice cream parlor and many other things. Today, it’s been re-laced into a work boot-shaped Vrbo vacation rental venue. Hometown History’s Jamie and Domi talk about this intriguing place inside and out in Episode 3.5.
2023-07-2129 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History EXTRA with Tom DavidsonHaines Shoe House is a one-of-a-kind roadside attraction in Pennsylvania, and Tom Davidson wanted to put an exclamation point on that. So he successfully applied for a state historical marker for the Shoe House. In an interview with Hometown History’s Jamie Noerpel and Dominish Marie Miller, he talks about how he did it and his long time interest in the Shoe House and the Lincoln Highway.
2023-07-2112 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History SHORT: Historical marker and Mahlon's other business venturesMahon Haines built the Shoe House, York County's famed roadside attraction, to promote his chain of shoe stores and attract Lincoln Highway motorists off the busy road. "He began on a shoe string," the Saturday Evening Post said, "which he tied into a long string of shoe stores." The 75-year-old Shoe has served as a honeymoon place, an ice cream parlor and many other things. Today, it’s been re-laced into a work boot-shaped Vrbo vacation rental venue. Hometown History’s Jamie and Domi talk about this intriguing place inside and out in Episode 3.5.
2023-07-2104 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History SHORT: The Penn Street Graffiti Bridge. S3, E4What started as unsanctioned artwork, or even vandalism, now is a public art gallery located on Penn Street. In this Hometown History SHORT, Domi and Jamie discuss the cultural importance of this ever-changing art space.
2023-06-2908 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History: A walk to wonder: Taking in Penn Street’s challenges and promise. S3, E4he mid-1700s, the neighborhood west of the Codorus was tagged Bottstown. Mr. Bott wanted his town to compete with York, over there to the east. But York got the head start, annexed Bott’s town in the 1880s and, over time, drew much of the city’s investment and attention. Now there’s a plan that features the best things about Penn Street, an important street in these neighborhoods on the Codorus’ west bank. The plan takes into account the Penn Street corridor’s challenges. And searches for its promise. Jamie and Domi will tell stories about Penn Street that cover
2023-06-2942 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History: Signs of the times: Learning York County history through markersSigns about York County history are everywhere. Yes, everywhere a sign. And contra to the 5 Man Electrical Band’s 1970s protest anthem, history signs don’t block out the scenery. And no, they don’t break your mind. They help us to understand the landscape. They inform you about the people, places and moments that have shaped our county, past and present. We are blessed with Keystone markers, part of the Good Road program from a century ago. And those prestigious blue-and-gold Pennsylvania markers. The Haines Shoe House will unveil one this summer. Wayside markers that serve as outdoor storyboards. Hanove...
2023-06-0934 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History SHORT: Ghost SignsSigns about York County history are everywhere. Yes, everywhere a sign. And contra to the 5 Man Electrical Band’s 1970s protest anthem, history signs don’t block out the scenery. And no, they don’t break your mind. They help us to understand the landscape. They inform you about the people, places and moments that have shaped our county, past and present. We are blessed with Keystone markers, part of the Good Road program from a century ago. And those prestigious blue-and-gold Pennsylvania markers. The Haines Shoe House will unveil one this summer. Wayside markers that serve as outdoor storyboards. Hanove...
2023-06-0901 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History: An American Rambles through the Heart of York CountyVeteran journalist Neil King Jr. wrote a memoir, “American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal,” about his 330-mile walk from Washington, D.C., to New York City. King discusses his journey with Jamie Noerpel and Dominish Miller.
In the spring of 2021, King embarked on his journey in search of a slice of early America. York County was on his short list of stops. He did his homework and made it a destination. The former Wall Street Journal reporter passed through the county, up from Maryland and along the rail trail to York. He enjoyed conversation at York mayor Michael Helf...
2023-05-0555 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History EXTRA Interview with Lou Lavetan and Paul Schiffbauer Jr.Season 3, episode 2 EXTRA
Interview with Lou Lavetan (Leader in the Four Chaplains Memorial) and
Paul Schiffbauer Jr. (Marketing consultant with a deep interest in the story of the Four Chaplains).
It’s Feb. 3, 1943, 80 years ago. Midway through World War II. The torpedo strikes. The troop transport Dorchester goes black. Confusion reigns. But four chaplains become light in darkness. York rabbi and Chaplain Alexander D. Goode gives his gloves to a soldier. He has another pair, he says. Only he doesn’t. He’s not leaving the ship. Life jackets are gone. Goode and three fellow chaplains give their life jackets to pan...
2023-02-0717 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History SHORT: Rabbi Alexander D. Goode and the Four ChaplainsIt’s Feb. 3, 1943, 80 years ago. Midway through World War II. The torpedo strikes. The troop transport Dorchester goes black. Confusion reigns. But four chaplains become light in darkness. York rabbi and Chaplain Alexander D. Goode gives his gloves to a soldier. He has another pair, he says. Only he doesn’t. He’s not leaving the ship. Life jackets are gone. Goode and three fellow chaplains give their life jackets to panicked soldiers. The ship is going down. Soldiers on lifeboats look back. The Four Chaplains are singing and praying. In English, Latin, Hebrew. Their arms are locked. Hope amid despai...
2023-02-0709 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History - The ship is sinking: Would you give up your life jacket? The Four Chaplains didSeason 3, episode 2 MAINBAR
The ship is sinking: Would you give up your life jacket? The Four Chaplains did
It’s Feb. 3, 1943, 80 years ago. Midway through World War II. The torpedo strikes. The troop transport Dorchester goes black. Confusion reigns. But four chaplains become light in darkness. York rabbi and Chaplain Alexander D. Goode gives his gloves to a soldier. He has another pair, he says. Only he doesn’t. He’s not leaving the ship. Life jackets are gone. Goode and three fellow chaplains give their life jackets to panicked soldiers. The ship is going down. Soldiers on lifeboats look back...
2023-02-0741 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History SHORT: 6 Instagram captions to use the next time you pose beside William GoodridgeWilliam C. Goodridge, formerly enslaved and later a successful York County businessman, called York home. Goodridge and his wife, Evalina, operated a station on the Underground Railroad there, an illegal act that could have brought federal prosecution. They provided studio space for Glenalvin, their oldest son and a pioneering American photographer. The 123 E. Philadelphia Street townhouse, now the Goodridge Freedom Center, thus stands as a symbol of perseverance against great odds, a beacon for freedom seekers everywhere and a place of innovation and invention. Today, a newly minted Goodridge statue beckons visitors to come, sit, listen and learn. Here are...
2023-01-0604 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History EXTRA: An interview with Mr. William C. GoodridgeJamie Noerpel and Dominish Miller interview William C. Goodridge, formerly enslaved and later a successful York County businessman. Goodridge and his wife, Evalina, operated a station on the Underground Railroad there, an illegal act that could have brought federal prosecution. They provided studio space for Glenalvin, their oldest son and a pioneering American photographer. The 123 E. Philadelphia Street townhouse, now the Goodridge Freedom Center, thus stands as a symbol of perseverance against great odds, a beacon for freedom seekers everywhere and a place of innovation and invention.
2023-01-0619 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryWilliam C. Goodridge: “One of the coolest guys you'd ever want to learn about"The Goodridge Freedom Center is not on a corner in York. But it stands at the intersection of three major pre-Civil War moments. William C. Goodridge, formerly enslaved and later a successful York County businessman, called it home. Goodridge and his wife, Evalina, operated a station on the Underground Railroad there, an illegal act that could have brought federal prosecution. They provided studio space for Glenalvin, their oldest son, and a pioneering American photographer. The 123 E. Philadelphia Street townhouse, now the Goodridge Freedom Center, thus stands as a symbol of perseverance against great odds, a beacon for freedom seekers everywhere...
2023-01-0625 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History SHORT: When Mary Jane Mcgee Rewalt confronted a Confederate GeneralWhen the second Bridge across the Susquehanna River burned in June 1863, many Wrightsville buildings and homes caught fire. The Confederate Army and people from the town formed a bucket brigade. They needed to stop the fire and save the town. Mary Jane Magee Rewalt lived in a home close to the impending fire, and ended up serving the enemy breakfast the next day.
Season 2, 2022
Episode 2.1 - All in One Room: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgo8fAxhO68
https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/one-room-schools-york-county-pa/
Episode 2.2 - Stitching Secret Messages: https://youtu.be/ZlSo7zjCuQo
https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/quilting-as-a-symbol-of-independence/
...
2022-12-1903 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History SHORT: Before Her Time: Mary Shaw Leader and the Hanover SpectatorHometown History's Jamie Noerpel and Dominish Marie Miller tell a story about a pioneering Hanover newspaperwoman - Mary Shaw Leader.
Season 2, 2022
Episode 2.1 - All in One Room: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgo8fAxhO68
https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/one-room-schools-york-county-pa/
Episode 2.2 - Stitching Secret Messages: https://youtu.be/ZlSo7zjCuQo
https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/quilting-as-a-symbol-of-independence/
Episode 2.3 - Bridging the Susquehanna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8CpirdR_uA&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=6&t=694s
Episode 2.4 - Hellam's Horn Farm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIw-bhYjfAo&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=8&t=1...
2022-12-1909 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History: York’s potter’s field: Common ground for separated peopleFor centuries in York County, when some deceased people could not be identified, had no family or no financial means, they would be interred in City Cemetery. Until the late 1800s, York’s potter’s field, as it was called, lay at South George Street and West College Avenue. When that land - buoyed in value by a rejuvenated Penn Park - was claimed for a new York High, the remains of individuals in potter’s field were disinterred and reburied on former farmland on a remote hilltop in North York. Burial here separated people by class and race from other...
2022-12-1932 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History: Hanover puts its own stamp against Confederate onslaughtThe Hanover Area, by intention or not, has long fashioned itself as an outsider in York County. Indeed, some in that southwestern region sought to form their own county in the early 1800s. In the Civil War era, Hanover on again operated against the grain. Hanoverians voted Republican in a sea of Democratic, anti-Lincoln townships. When the Confederates came calling the first time, in late June 1863, leaders bravely faced off with words against the enemy in the town square - passively or aggressively or maybe a little of both. In contrast, York’s leaders sought out the Confederates to surrender th...
2022-12-1944 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History SHORT: A conversation about the Yorktowne with Kim HogemanJamie and Domi talk with York County Economic Alliance project manager Kim Hogeman about how the Yorktowne restoration project came together, including Kim's top 5 favorite historical elements.
Season 2, 2022
2.1 - All in One Room: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgo8fAxhO68
2.2 - Stitching Secret Messages: https://youtu.be/ZlSo7zjCuQo
2.3 - Bridging the Susquehanna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8CpirdR_uA&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=6&t=694s
2.4 - Hellam's Horn Farm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIw-bhYjfAo&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=8&t=1s
2.5 We walk the line: https://www.youtube.com...
2022-12-1906 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History EXTRA: Scott Mingus, Civil War expertJamie and Domi interview Scott Mingus, Civil War expert, on the railroads in York County, particularly the Northern Central Railway. He discusses the Lincoln funeral train, the significance of Hanover Junction, and other little known facts connection the railroad and Civil War history. In partnership with the York County Economic Alliance.
Season 2, 2022
Episode 2.1 - All in One Room: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgo8fAxhO68
https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/one-room-schools-york-county-pa/
Episode 2.2 - Stitching Secret Messages: https://youtu.be/ZlSo7zjCuQo
https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/quilting-as-a-symbol-of-independence/
Episode 2.3 - Bridging the Susquehanna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8...
2022-12-1918 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History EXTRA: Zach Routson, Local growerIn 2018, three men in their thirties were drinking beer in a downtown York bar. Reminiscing about their childhoods in York County, they thought back to the gardens their families cultivated. “Why not start gardening again?” one of the men asked. “But instead of for our own consumption, let’s give
back to York County.” Together, the trio started Sprout of Hope, a nonprofit community garden that donates their harvest to inner-city. In this Hometown History EXTRA, Zach Routson, one of those founders, talks about his interest in gardening including his new endeavor - Hollow Creek Farm.
Episode 2.1 - All in One Room...
2022-12-1916 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History EXTRA: Mina Edmonson, Director of Martin LibrarySome at the 1935 Halloween opening likely remember when this treat of Martin Library reading was delayed, even in better economic times. About 30 years earlier, some York readers pursued the building of a columned Carnegie Library, a gift from steelmaker Andrew Carnegie. But some leaders kept the purse strings tight, not wanting to pay for the books and other library resources that would spark minds, young and old. But that was the past, and Martin would become the type of place for people - to imagine and dream. In this EXTRA, Jamie and Domi interview Mina Edmonson about changes within this...
2022-12-1916 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History EXTRA: Meredith Wolfe and Walt BausmanHometown History Extra: The past and present come together in this interview. Jamie and Domi talk with former New York Wire employee Walt Bausman about his years in the shop. And they talk to New York Wire Works marketing manager Meredith Wolfe about the return of makers to the complex.
2.1 - All in One Room: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgo8fAxhO68
https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/one-room-schools-york-county-pa/
2.2 - Stitching Secret Messages: https://youtu.be/ZlSo7zjCuQo
https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/quilting-as-a-symbol-of-independence/
2.3 - Bridging the Susquehanna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8CpirdR_uA&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1...
2022-12-1915 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History SHORT: York County's early farmersFarms and farmers have faced adversity from York County’s beginning. It kind of goes with the fields and the capriciousness of nature. In this SHORT, Jamie and Domi explore the ruinous practices of our ancestors.
Watch our main episode (Season 2, Episode 4) where we look more into the Horn Farm in Hellam Township which has faced similar challenges. Most recently, lightning severely damaged its historic farmhouse. Undaunted, the Horn Farm plowed ahead, saying: “Let the ashes of this tragedy be fertile soil for our future growth and resilient community.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIw-bhYjfAo
Episode 2.1 - All in One Ro...
2022-12-1907 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History SHORT: 'Fiji Cannibal' most remembered potter’s field burialThe year was 1872, the “Greatest Show on Earth’s “Figi Cannibal” took sick in his hotel and died. He was buried in Potter’s Field. Twenty-five years later, individuals buried in this pauper’s cemetery were exhumed. One story has it that the “Cannibal’s” body was discovered missing and would never be moved to its new burial site on a remote hilltop in North York. And it’s interesting that he died the very year that the historically Black Lebanon Cemetery was started on a nearby hilltop.
Season 2, 2022
2.1 - All in One Room: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgo8fAxhO68
2.2 - St...
2022-12-1906 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History: All in one roomAll in one room: These small schools taught big lessons
S2, E1: About York County’s love affair with one-room schools - Those were the days when everyone in class drank from the same cup. When the teacher smacked the hands of southpaws, trying to ensure they learned the “right” way. When an orange that came at Christmas was as coveted as a cell phone today. Talk about one-room schools with former students, and you’ll soon be awash in memories. And strong opinions about getting back to basics in today’s schools. At one point before consolidation in the 1950s, York Co...
2022-12-1944 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History SHORT: Keenheel QuiltIt is said that quilts have served as a creative outlet for otherwise voiceless women. The same could be said about all the colorful, useful and necessary fabrics women crafted with their hands from the Susquehanna region’s earliest days. In this five minute deep of Hometown History, Jamie Kinsley and Domi Miller give voice to women who created - who create - for aesthetics or need.
Season 2, 2022: Episode 2.1 - All in One Room: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAhikujWZ7Q&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK
Episode 2.2 - Stitching Secret Messages: https://youtu.be/ZlSo7zjCuQo
Season 1, 2021: Episode 1.1...
2022-12-1905 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History EXTRA: Sara Bixler, Stitching secret messagesJamie and Domi interview Sara Bixler, owner and operator of Red Stone Glen Fiber Arts Center, to discuss the role fabrics and fibers play in community.
Watch our full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlSo7zjCuQo&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=3
It is said that quilts have served as a creative outlet for otherwise voiceless women. The same could be said about all the colorful, useful and necessary fabrics women crafted with their hands from the Susquehanna region’s earliest days. In this edition of Hometown History, Jamie Kinsley and Domi Miller give voice to wo...
2022-12-1910 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History: Stitching Secret MessagesIt is said that quilts have served as a creative outlet for otherwise voiceless women. The same could be said about all the colorful, useful and necessary fabrics women crafted with their hands from the Susquehanna region’s earliest days. In this edition of Hometown History, Jamie Kinsley and Domi Miller give voice to women who created - who create - for aesthetics or need. They are using the York County book “Quilts, The Fabric of Friendship” as a resource. And they are drawing on the expertise of northeastern York County’s Red Stone Glen Fiber Arts Center to weave stories...
2022-12-1928 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History: Tropical Storm Agnes’ at 50: When it rained, it pouredWith weird weather events happening all over the world, an excursion through York County's floods suggests that weather has been a foe many times in history. York County is a well-watered place. Which means it has seen prosperity in agriculture and industry. Which means when the weather is severe the threat of flood is real. Actually, it's not a threat. It has happened regularly since we’ve started tracking such things in the 1700s. Tropical Storm Agnes was the county's worst among floods in 1884, 1933 and 1936. At least 4 dead and millions in property damage.
This event will be held in-person and li...
2022-12-1934 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History: Summertime in YoCoIn the 1880s, horses — maybe in protest of their tail hair being loomed into sofas — powered a change in the making of horse cloth textiles. Horse power pulled everything around York County in those years. Wagons to factories and railroads. Carriages from houses to opera. Trolleys carrying people and goods. These horses empowered flies.
And that caused master weaver John W. Eisenhart to refit his looms from hair cloth to wire cloth. The looms spun out bug wire - screens - for windows to keep bugs out of your soup and gravy. So this is a story of trolleys that bega...
2022-12-1930 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History SHORT: Water almost stopped Kreutz Creek LibraryIn 1972, eastern York County didn't have a library - the same year Tropical Storm Agnes wreaked havoc in Pennsylvania. The FEMA trailer meant to provide relief to those in Williamsport would eventually make its way down to Hellam to serve as a library, but not before it smacked into a low bridge and later flooding during the opening ceremony. Other perils almost stopped this library, but our resilience eventually brought this vision into reality.
Season 2, 2022
2.1 - All in One Room: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgo8fAxhO68
2.2 - Stitching Secret Messages: https://youtu.be/ZlSo7zjCuQo
2.3 - Bridging the...
2022-12-1904 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History: People of the Golden Venture: 4 Years in York County PrisonJamie and Domi talk about the day when York County stepped on the head of the snakeheads … of the Chinese gangster variety. These venomous smugglers specialized in trafficking human cargo across the sea into America and other countries. Their impact in 1993 touched York County and its prison when INS detained 154 smuggled Chinese people crammed aboard the Golden Venture that ran aground in June 1993 on Rockaway beach, Queens. By 1997, about 50 Golden Venture seekers of freedom remained in York County prison, held four years without being charged. Jamie and Domi tell about those years when a group of faithful area residents advocated fo...
2022-12-1814 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History: Trauma in War & WorkplaceJamie Noerpel, a historian, and Dominish Marie Miller, an archivist, talk about pain and trauma endured in two wars - the Civil War and World War II - and how veterans and civilians dealt with the lingering impact of war.
Season 1, 2021: Episode 1 - The Baptist Farm and Underground Railroad: https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/farming-by-day-underground-railroad-by-night/
Episode 2 - Trauma in War and the Workplace: https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/a-soldiers-escape-healing-ptsd-in-nature/
Episode 3 - The People of the Golden Venture: https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/access-to-justice-the-mantra-of-liberty-for-the-golden-venture/
Episode 4 - A Hill to Die on: https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/a-hidden-space-the-potters-field-in-north-york/
Episode 5 - Millers' Tales...
2022-12-1819 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History EXTRA: Susquehanna TrailSusquehanna Trail myths
S1, E6 extra: This road, part of a Roaring 20s “Susquehanna Trail” marketing campaign connecting Niagara Falls and Washington, D.C., entered York County at New Cumberland/Fairview Township and exited at the Mason-Dixon Line. Just as the Lincoln Highway created an early 1900s east/west transportation artery, the Susquehanna Trail provided a 1920s north/south corridor. It replaced Route 181, the old road from York to Harrisburg, as the preferred route. But the Susquehanna Trail’s spotlight soon dimmed. In the late 1950s, the Trail was subsumed by the Interstate 83, as the Pennsylvania Turnpike had done 20 years before...
2022-12-1805 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History EXTRA: Lebanon Cemetery volunteers gain notice for do-it-yourself urbanismJamie and Domi interview Samantha Dorm of the Friends of Lebanon Cemetery. This group led the cleanup, restoration and identification of those buried in this historically Black cemetery. These volunteers have been leaders in regional cemetery restoration. They provide a prime example for others involved in do-it-yourself or informal urbanism, community-driven movements locally and nationally to identify needs and then solve them.
Season 2, 2022
2.1 - All in One Room: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgo8fAxhO68
2.2 - Stitching Secret Messages: https://youtu.be/ZlSo7zjCuQo
2.3 - Bridging the Susquehanna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8CpirdR_uA&list=PLtbDp4l...
2022-12-1310 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History: Martin Library tricked the Great DepressionHalloweeners pushed through the brand new, heavy wooden doors of Martin Library in full costume in 1935. Trick or treating was a thing that night. The tricky launch of a new library at the height of the Great Depression had been successful. And what a treat it was, this new winsome space filled with books as a diversion in this times of need. The Depression was a crusher, to be sure. But for Martin Library and a host or organizations that would become York County icons, the 1930s served as a moment to conceive, birth and grow. York Little Theater, York...
2022-12-1135 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History: The Susquehanna TrailSusquehanna Trail: This Old Road Keeps Rolling On
S1, E6: This road, part of a Roaring 20s “Susquehanna Trail” marketing campaign connecting Niagara Falls and Washington, D.C., entered York County at New Cumberland/Fairview Township and exited at the Mason-Dixon Line. Just as the Lincoln Highway created an early 1900s east/west transportation artery, the Susquehanna Trail provided a 1920s north/south corridor. It replaced Route 181, the old road from York to Harrisburg, as the preferred route. But the Susquehanna Trail’s spotlight soon dimmed. In the late 1950s, the Trail was subsumed by the Interstate 83, as the Pennsylvania Turnpi...
2022-12-1120 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History EXTRA with Codie Eash, Civil War expert: Sacrificing our BridgeUnlike York City, the residents of Wrightsville put up a fight when the Confederates marched through their town. They opted to burn their own bridge, the one across the Susquehanna River, rather than let the enemy cross. Codie Eash, Director of Education and Museum Operations at Seminary Ridge Museum and Education Center in Gettysburg, discusses the significance of the burning of the Wrightsville Bridge with Jamie and Domi in this Hometown History EXTRA.
Season 2, 2022
Episode 2.1 - All in One Room: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgo8fAxhO68
Episode 2.2 - Stitching Secret Messages: https://youtu.be/ZlSo7zjCuQo
Episode 2.3...
2022-12-1125 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History EXTRA: Lebanon Cemetery volunteers gain notice for do-it-yourself urbanismJamie and Domi interview Samantha Dorm of the Friends of Lebanon Cemetery. This group led the cleanup, restoration and identification of those buried in this historically Black cemetery. These volunteers have been leaders in regional cemetery restoration. They provide a prime example for others involved in do-it-yourself or informal urbanism, community-driven movements locally and nationally to identify needs and then solve them.
Season 2, 2022
2.1 - All in One Room: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgo8fAxhO68
2.2 - Stitching Secret Messages: https://youtu.be/ZlSo7zjCuQo
2.3 - Bridging the Susquehanna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8CpirdR_uA&list=PLtbDp4l...
2022-12-1110 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History: A Hill to Die onA Hill to Die on: How we bury our loved ones – and the unloved
In S1, E4, Jamie Kinsley (left) and Dominish Miller (right) discuss how we bury our loved ones - and the unloved. Three cemeteries sit atop a hill north of York. As you head north, you find that those laid to rest in Prospect Hill, York City and Lebanon cemeteries range from York area residents who could pay for burial, to those who were segregated by class and then those who were separated by race. In the latter two, abandoned and unmarked graves were common. At Lebanon, wo...
2022-12-1120 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History: Millers' TalesMillers’ Tales: 360 mills spun in well-watered York County
In S1, E5, Jamie Kinsley and Dominish Miller discuss the 360 mills that spun in 1876 on York County’s creek. These wood, stone and brick mills point to a well-watered county that supported one of the mightiest farm economies in America for decades, centuries. To process, say, wheat into flour, farmers would bring their grain to water-powered mills along a nearby stream. These mills served multiple needs - from community meeting places to banks. And the colorful feedbags could be used for clothing. Today, some farmers depend on mills, now powered by other mean...
2022-12-1136 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History EXTRA with Andy Smith, artist and educatorWe’re in the Hanover Area Arts Guild, and it is fitting to talk about the arts community here and across the York/Adams communities. Andrew Smith lives in Adams County’s Midway, near Hanover, and works in - and with - the arts communities in York, Hanover and Gettysburg. He operates a digital site that covers the York/Adams arts scene: Culture On The Line.
EXTRAS:
Codie Eash, Civil War expert: Sacrificing our Bridge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db18uK_OHF0&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=7&t=1s
Sara Bixler, owner of Red Stone Glen Fibe...
2022-12-1120 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History SHORT: A forgotten lynching in York CountyIn the days following the Civil War’s Battle of Gettysburg, a violent moment was the talk of farmhouses around Warrington Township in northern York County.
SHORTS:
Early farmers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T675G-JlT-I&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=10
Keenheel quilt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBQLIBmvCLk&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=5
Golden Venture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fPJH055AIY
Howard Tunnel: https://youtu.be/GaJ6wA1GIUc
Mary Jane Mcgee Rewalt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7ofvufA9WU&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9esXET-CK&index=14&t=1s
De...
2022-12-1104 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History: Yorktowne Hotel: Making memories, meaning and the Green BookMany look back on the Yorktowne Hotel, thinking about weddings and dances in the grand ballroom, special anniversary nights or meeting celebrities in the lobby on their way from performances at the Appell Center or the Valencia. And there’s immense meaning spawned in that tall building, with its 77-foot signature rooftop flagpole. For sure, not everyone had access to those Yorktowne memories and that would start with people of color. When the Yorktowne opened in 1925, Black people could not stay there. After 30 years, the Yorktowne Hotel gained a well-earned entry in the Green Book, a treasure of safe and ac...
2022-12-1125 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History EXTRA with Yorktowne GM Michael Blum and retired Yorktown employee Judy WimmerThe Yorktowne's past and present come together in this interview. Jamie and Domi talk with former Yorktowne employee Judy Wimmer about her years of work behind the scenes. And they talk to the current general manager Michael Blum about the changes you'll see with the new renovations.
Season 2, 2022
2.1 - All in One Room: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgo8fAxhO68
https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/one-room-schools-york-county-pa/
2.2 - Stitching Secret Messages: https://youtu.be/ZlSo7zjCuQo
https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/quilting-as-a-symbol-of-independence/
2.3 - Bridging the Susquehanna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8CpirdR_uA&list=PLtbDp4leDwa1JZVq8wkIKUqp9...
2022-12-1119 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History: We walk the line: On the rail trail from New Freedom to York, Pa.Walk with us along the York County Heritage Rail Trail, following the path of the 19th-century Northern Central Railway. Let’s start at the Maryland line and particularly take in the towns along the way - New Freedom, Railroad, Glen Rock, Seven Valleys and York. These are towns that are finding renewed energy from rail trail users like us. We stop, talk, shop and appreciate these old towns. And importantly, these towns remain the place where York County’s people live, work, worship and play. They are places that have seen a lot and offered much, making the map or rece...
2022-12-1130 minHometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History EXTRA: Sandra Stockton interviewSandra Stockton, former York resident and author of 480 Codorus Street, joined Jamie and Domi to talk about her first hand experiences during Tropical Storm Agnes.
2022-12-0438 min
Hometown History: Jamie And Domi's Yoco BackstoryHometown History: Baptist Farm/Underground RR: Season 1 Episode 1In S1, E1, Jamie Noerpel and Dominish Marie Miller explore the Underground Railroad heroics of Ezekiel and Eliza Baptist, African-American station masters. The Baptists also hosted Harriet Tubman in their Steinhour Road, Newberry Township farmhouse. Jamie and Domi talk about this family that farmed by day and served as Underground Railroad operators at night.
Jamie, a teacher, holds a doctorate in American studies, blogs about local history and culture and operates the WitnessingYork.com digital site. Domi, a federal court archivist, holds a master’s degree in library science and local history and moderates the Preserving the History of Newberrytown Fa...
2022-12-0319 min