"Rediscovering York County’s “lost” Civil War/UGRR sites" Topic

"Those words come from the first slide of a PowerPoint presentation that Jim McClure and I gave recently for the York Civil War Round Table. It has been said that "all roads lead to York." And that is precisely why York County played such an important role in both the Underground Railroad and the Civil War, especially during the Gettysburg Campaign. Many highways, an important railroad, a river, and canals all led travelers, settlers, businessman, vacationers, freedom seekers, and, yes, even an invading army into the county.

Many of the sites associated with the Underground Railroad are well known and documented. They include the William C. Goodridge Freedom Center and Underground Railroad Museum, as well as the privately-owned Willis House, now a venue for weddings and events. The Mifflin house in Hellam Township northwest of Wrightsville has been in the news repeatedly in recent years because of the multi-faceted efforts to save the structure and some of the surrounding farmland, a key part of the rapidly disappearing Wrightsville battlefield, the second-largest military engagement in York County history…"

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