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Historical Field Trips

Within Yorks Boundaries

By: Jamie Tyson

York Revolution Baseball stadium

A wonderful new complex in downtown York with plenty of seating to enjoy an oldfashion baseball game. Includes plenty of food and drinks inside with memorabiliato remember the evening. Also includes a bronze memorial statue of BrooksRobinson to evoke the history of baseball.

Location: 5 Brooks Robinson Way, York, PA 17401

Contact Information: (717) 801-HITS (4487) orhttp://www.yorkrevolution.com/index.cfm

Season begins in late April and ends in late September. Games usually beginaround 7:00pm

10$ per ticket for stadium seats and $6 per ticket for the lawn

The Yorktowne Hotel

Built in the 1920s, the Yorktowne Hotel stands eleven stories tall and is in the

heartland of York City. It is a landmark for revealing the history of York in the

roaring twenties. Includes 121 spacious rooms and two restaurants!

Location: 48 East Market St, York, PA, 17401

Contact Information: (717) 800-233-9324 orhttp://www.yorktowne.com/overview.html

Open year round

Free admission but prices vary
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Central Market

Central Market is a momentous farmers market that opened its doors in 1888 and isin the National Register of Historic Places. The market sells produce, fresh seafood,deli products, fresh meats, and many other areas of expertise along with breakfastand lunch restaurants.

Location: 34 West Philadelphia St, York, PA, 17401

Contact Information: (717) 848-2243 or www.centralmarketyork.com

Open year-round Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday from 6am to 2pm. Closed

Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday


Eastern Market

This old time market is filled with commodities and wonderful creations. Forexample: flowers, fresh fruits, herbs, fresh meats, penny candy, soap, and desserts!

Location: 201 Memory Lane, York, PA, 17402

Contact Information: (717) 755-5811

Open year-round on Fridays from 10am to pm


Agricultural and Industrial Museum

Agricultural artifacts produced or used in the county over three centuries are put onview and include locally made wagons, tractors, steam engines and farm tools.

Yorks industrial payments toward World War Two are exhibited as well. Yorkmanufactured items such as the automobiles, a Conestoga wagon, and a 1937Aeronca K airplane are incorporated in the tour. The museum is self-guided.

Location: 217 West Princess St, York, PA, 17402
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Contact Information: http://www.yorkheritage.org/vg_aim.asp

Open Tuesday through Saturday 10am to 4 pm all year but closed major holidays

Nonprofit group tours is 4$ a person and other groups are 8$ a person. Adult ticket

is 10$ and Student ticket is 7$. Child ticket (Age 8 to 18) is 5$ and Family pass is30$.

Bonham House

From 1875 to 1965 the Bonham family occupied this house. A 1920s library room,an 1870s bedroom, plus other rooms in this three-story house reflect the periodfrom the 1850s to the 1930s. Through a guided tour, visitors learn about life for anupper-middle class family in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Location: 152 East Market St, York, PA, 17402

Contact Information: (717) 846-6452 or http://www.yorkheritage.org/vg_aim.asp

Open Saturdays from 10am to 4pm and lasts about 30 minutes with a guided tour.

Nonprofit group tours is 4$ a person and other groups are 8$ a person. Adult ticketis 10$ and Student ticket is 7$. Child ticket (Age 8 to 18) is 5$ and Family pass is30$.

Colonial Complex

Four buildings reflect both private and public lives in early York. The Golden Plough

Tavern, built in 1741, The General Gates House, built in1751and reflects the year1778 when General Horatio Gates occupied the house, the Court House whereCongress met, and the Barnett Bobb Log House, built with squared timbers andshows family life in the 1830s.

Location: 157 West Market Street, York, PA, 17402

Contact Information: (717) 845-2951or http://www.yorkheritage.org/vg_aim.aspOpen Tuesday through Saturday from 10am to 4pm. Tours begin 10am,11am, 1pm, 2pm, and 3pm.


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Stationed in the historic Royal Fire House, the museum holds collections from themore than 200 years of fire-fighting in York County including horse drawn firecarriages, vintage fire trucks, firefighters uniforms, and photographs.

Location: 757 West Market Street, York, PA, 17402


Open Saturdays 10am to 4pm


Historical Society Museum

The historical Society Museum has 10,000 square feet donated to exhibits of Yorks

history and an extensive library. Some of those displays include the Street of Shops- Apothecary, Cabinetmaker, Printer and Toy Shop, a picturesque Looking glass' -

The Drawings of Lewis Miller (1796-1882), Grandfather's Clock - Tall Case Clocksfrom the Collection, and Rutter's Discovery Center for Children - Special interactiveexhibit for children.

Location: 250 East Market Street, York, PA, 17402


Open Tuesday through Saturday from 10am to 4pm. The library is open Tuesdaythrough Saturday from 9am to 5pm.


Murals of York Walking Guide
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1. York Manufacturing Company mural2. William C. Goodridge, Black Entrepreneur mural3. The Harley-Davidson Tradition mural4. Made in York mural5. York in the 1800s mural6. The Articles of Confederation7. The Four Chaplains mural8. The York County 250th Anniversary mural9. Mini-Murals of Lewis Miller's Work murals10.Community Contributors mural11.The York Fair murals12.Dr. George Holtzapple, The Breath of Life mural13.The Power of the Printing Press mural14.The History of Pottery mural15.Muscletown USA mural16.From Farm to Market mural17.Children's Home of York mural18.York Goes to War -- A Community Responds mural
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1. Machines Ice Yorks Reputation

Artist: Dan Hendrix

The manufacture of ice-making machinery on thissite dates back to 1895 when construction began onthe York Manufacturing Company's factory. Whenconstruction work ended the next year, the factoryboasted state-of-the-art equipment. Today, YorkInternational is a direct descendant of YorkManufacturing Company. York International's unitscool the Empire State Building, the Kremlin, andthe English Channel Tunnel.

2. From Slavery to Success Story

Artist: Don and Jared Gray

William C. Goodridge was born into slavery in 1806 in Maryland. At an early age,Goodridge was apprenticed to the Rev. William Dunn of York. He was freed in 1822and opened a barbershop on York's Centre Square several years later. William C.Goodridge's house, store, and rail line were used to transport escaped slaves alongthe Underground Railroad. Goodridge died in Minneapolis in 1873.


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3. Harleys Journey A Good Ride

Artist: C. Michael Svob

William Harley and three Davidson brothers -- Walter, William and Arthur -- startedHarley-Davidson in a 10-foot-by-15-foot Milwaukee garage in 1903. Harley movedfinal assembly of its large motorcycles from Milwaukee to York County in 1973. An

4. Chamber Pulls in Business

Artist: David Naydock

Starting with a six-wheeler in 1903, Pullman Motor Cars manufactured thousands ofautomobiles before going out of business in 1917. Pullman, named after the maker


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of railroad coaches, became the best known of the 15 or more York Countycompanies that manufactured automobiles.

5. Remembrance of Our Progress

Artist: C. Michael Svob

York, founded in 1741, became a borough in 1787, a little more than a decadebefore the dawning of the 1800s. York became a city in 1887, and its populationquadrupled between 1880 and 1930

6. Leaders Draft Articles

Artist: David Naydock


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Congress adopted the articles on Nov. 15, 1777, and sent the document to the 13colonies for ratification. The Articles officially became law on March 1, 1781, whenMaryland ratified the document. The Articles provided for a loose confederation ofindependent states and became the nation's first constitution. It ensured that eachof the states would retain authority, and no tyrannical central government wouldprevail.

7. Courage Unites Four Chaplains

Artist: Connie Burns Watkins

Thousands of Americans lost their lives crossing the perilous waters of the NorthAtlantic in World War II. Four chaplains -- George L. Fox, Vt., Methodist; Clark V.Poling, N.Y., Dutch Reformed; Alexander D. Goode, York, Jewish; and John P.

Washington, N.J., Catholic -- were among the dead. The religious leaderssurrendered their seats in lifeboats and removed their own life jackets to give tofour sailors. Survivors recall seeing the four chaplains with arms linked and hearingthem pray together as the ship went down. Without thought to their differences, thefour chaplains united as one.


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8. A Year to Treasure the First 250

Artist: Wayne Fettro

York was established in 1741. Two hundred and fifty years later, the county threw ayear-long birthday party. A stellar group of civic, business and government leadersformed the 250th Anniversary Commission with the mission of creating ameaningful celebration. This celebration's goal was to recognize York County'smany contributions to history and to look toward its future.

9. Artist Captures Day to Day Life

Artist: Justine Landis and Mary L. Straup

Lewis Miller, son of the headmaster at Christ Lutheran School in York, was born in1796 on South Duke Street. This carpenter became known as "The Chronicler of

York County" by capturing community life over much of the 1800s


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10. A Selfless Gift of Time for All

Artist: Wei Luan

York has been amply blessed through its 250-plus years with individuals, deceased

and living, who have helped to shape its legacy of community service.

11. A Fair Crop of Yorks Fortunes

Artist: Alan Wylie

The York Fair dates back to 1765 when Thomas Penn, son of William Penn, issued acharter for the community to hold two fairs a year -- in the spring and the fall.

Today, the fair is held each September on a 120-acre tract west of York's downtown.It attracts hundreds of thousands of people each year.


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12. His Experiment Gives Breath to All

Artist: Wayne Fettro

George Holtzapple had been practicing medicine less than a year in 1885 when hereceived an urgent message that 16-year-old Frederick Gable was fighting againstpneumonia. "Give me breath!" the boy pleaded to Holtzapple. The young doctorexperimented to produce oxygen, the life-saving element of air. The oxygenrelieved Gable, and he soon recovered. The physician served on York Hospital's stafffrom 1904 until 1944 and died in 1946.

13. Printers Press Freedoms Case

Artist: Alan Wylie

Congress urged its Committee of Intelligence to "take the most speedy andeffectual measures for getting a printing press erected in this town . . . for thepurpose of conveying to the public, the intelligence that Congress may, from time totime, receive." The Philadelphia firm of Hall & Sellers moved its press, once ownedby Benjamin Franklin, to the relocated capital.


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14. Potter's Goods Stand Time's Test

Artist: Michael Webb

The Pfaltzgraff Co. has long been the most prominent part of that local industry.Pfaltzgraff started in 1811 on a farm in Conewago Township. It is said to be theoldest, continuously operating commercial pottery manufacturer in the UnitedStates.

15. His Muscles Gave County a Lift

Artist: Max Mason

Bob Hoffman, a native of Georgia, started York Barbell Corp. in 1932 and preachedthe gospel of physical fitness throughout his life as a U.S. Olympic coach,businessman and philanthropist. Hoffman combined his love for weight lifting with akeen business sense to create York as Muscletown U.S.A. Always a promoter, healso pushed York nationally as a softball capital.


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16. Farmers Market Countys Bounty

Artist: Marion Stephenson

This open-air market was commenced in York on Wednesdays and Saturdays in1755, six years after the county was founded. Five large indoor market houses inthe York area gradually replaced the open-air markets in the late 1800s.

17. Childrens Care Comes Home

Artist: Don and Jared Gray

The Children's Home of York started as a home to aid white orphans in theaftermath of the Civil War. As the decades passed, counselors, volunteers, andfoster parents cared for children of all ages and races.


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18. York Countys United Front

Artist: Michael Webb and Max Mason

The York Plan pooled community workers, machinery, and material to create theindustrial power to handle huge defense contracts. "Do what you can with what youhave" became the philosophy of this 15-point, organized local effort to help themilitary fight abroad. The York community received international accolades for itsingenuity and determination in designing, engineering and manufacturing parts andproducts.

Wolfgang Chocolate Factory


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This Visitor Center and Museum features illustrations of old-time American candycraftsmen. You'll see many special display cases filled with wooden sugar molds,glass candy jars, and many other priceless antiques. You'll also see a video of theWolfgang candy-making process along with a complete history of the Wolfgangfamily.

Location: 50 East 4th Avenue, York, PA, 17404

Contact Information: (717) 843-5536 or email at [email protected]

Walk In Tours are Monday through Thursday from 10am and 2pm and Friday 10amand 1pm. Group Tour of 8 or more people (an advance reservation is required)Monday through Friday at 9:00am, 11:00am and 1:00pm. Store and Museum hoursare Monday through Friday 8am to4:30pm and Saturday 10am to 3pm. ClosedSunday.

Indian Steps Museum

The museum itself is 60 ft. X 60 ft. wide and 2 stories high with massive chestnuttimbers and very large stones walls. Especially impressive are the over 10,000Indian relics embedded in the outside walls, walkways and indoor floors and otherparts of this great building. This museum is great for experiencing the true time ofthe Indians and also includes a gift shop.

Location: 205 Indian Steps Road, Airville, PA, 17302

Contact Information: (717) 862-3948 or www.indiansteps.org

Open mid-April through mid-October Thursday & Friday from 10 am to 4 pm.Saturday, Sunday & Holidays from 10 am to 5 pm. Reservations are not necessary

but larger groups are encouraged to call in advance.

Admission is free however, donations are gratefully accepted
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Cloister Car Washes

There are four Cloister car washes in Southern Pennsylvania and each one has itsown character with state-of-the-art facilities in Ephrata, Reading, Lancaster and

York. The Ephrata location is the largest car wash in the world with a motorcyclewash and a pet wash. Cloister is your convenient car cleaning headquarters withgreat tours to show you how their practice operates.

Location: 2720 East Market Street, York, PA, 17402

Contact Information: (717) 840-9000 or www.cloistercarwash.com

Open Monday through Saturday from 7am to 7pm and Sunday 7am to 5pm

Tours are free but car washing prices vary

Nixon Park
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At this park there are one hundred fifty-seven acres of meadow, woodland andaquatic habitats. It was established in 1968 and donated by the Bob Hoffman familyand named after President Richard M. Nixon. There are over six miles of trails toexplore nature since Nixon Park is designed primarily for quiet observation of theenvironment. There is Dramatic artwork and over 180 specimens from 15 differentcountries around the world. Nixon Park is a good way to show students the history

of environmental preservation in York.

Location: 126 North Cherry lane, Jacobus, PA, 17407

Contact Information: (717) 428-1961 orhttp://www.jacobuspa.com/experiencejacobus/nixonpark.html

Nature Center hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 8:30am to 4:30pm andSundays 12pm to 4:30pm. Park Grounds are open 8 am to dusk (daily)

Free admission

Wallace Cross Mill

The mill is believed to have been constructed in 1826 and was operatedcontinuously until the 1980's taking its water power from Rambo Run. The mill wasgiven to York County by the owner Harry Cross in 1979. The restoration focus is the1950 era; the pinnacle of Harry Cross' career when the mill ran 24 hours a day and

seven days a week. The mill's first floor, including the office, is the area open to thepublic. The exhibits and demonstrations appeal to all ages but especially fifththrough seventh grade students of Pennsylvania history.

Location: 15759 Cross Mill Road, Felton, PA, 17322

Contact Information: (717) 840-7226 orhttp://ycwebserver.yorkcounty.org/Parks/parkpages/CrossMill.htm#Facilities
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Open May through October mostly 1:30am to 4:30pm but times vary for open houseand tours

General Admission but prices vary for events

Harley Davidson


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Established as an assembly facility in 1973, Harley-Davidson Vehicle Operations inYork, PA. is the largest Harley-Davidson manufacturing facility. The York facilitycovers more than 230 acres and has over 1.5 million square feet under roof. At theVaughn L. Beals Tour Center, you'll explore exhibits that detail the plant's history,and guide you through the manufacturing and assembly processes. You'll also havethe chance to sit on current production motorcycles and visit the gift shop for tour-

related souvenirs.

Location: 1425 Eden Road, York, PA, 17402

Contact Information: (717) 852-6590orhttp://www.harleydavidson.com/wcm/Content/Pages/Factory_Tours/york.jsp?locale=en_US

Tours begin at 9am to 2pm on regular intervals from Monday through Friday. TourCenter and gift shop hours are 8am to 4pm Monday through Friday.

Tours are free and last about one hour

York Little Theatre

Formed in 1933, York Little Theatre is one of the oldest continually operatedcommunity theatres in the United States. York Little Theatre offers companionship,camaraderie, as well as an opportunity to use skills and to create. There arewonderful historic plays that are performed that will help students understand

history in a new light.

Location: 27 South Belmont Street, York, PA, 17403

Contact Information: (717) 854-3894 or http://www.ylt.org/

Open year round and show times vary
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Individual tickets are $20 and student tickets are $15.

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