Boyer’s Crate Factory in Biglerville
In 1936, Charles Boyer and his brother, Elton, started a crate factory on North Main Street in Biglerville. After a year, they founded Guernsey Crate Factory (Charles G. Boyer Box Factory), which made crates and pallets. At one time, the building
Roy Mickley and the Early Fruit Industry by Sam Walmer
Roy Mickley lives in the house he built with his son, nine miles west of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. His wife died in 1983, after they had been married for 67 years, had seven children, and numerous grand-and great-grandchildren. At 98 Roy
Hamlet Histories, Part 2 (Heidlersburg, Idaville, Menallen, Mount Tabor)
Heidlersburg Located at the crossroads of PA Route 234 and Old Harrisburg Road Encompasses .7 square miles in Tyrone Township Originally called Starrytown after Michael Starry, who erected the first building Founded and renamed for John Heidler in 1812 Neither Heidler nor Starry were among
Hamlet Histories Part 1
Peach Glen Unincorporated community on the border of Adams and Cumberland Counties In 1917 a canning plant was built by W. S. Adams 1922 - the plant was taken over by United Grocery Co. of Harrisburg 1926 - M.E. Knouse became manager and long
Wormy Apples and the First Spray Residue Scare by Samuel Walmer
Consider the term "wormy apples". To those of us born since World War II, this amounts to a mythic expression; perpetuated in the language and as a cultural icon but having practically no point of reference in daily experience. Today,
Come Enjoy Our Annual Meeting Open House!
Dear BHPS Members and Agriculture Related Friends and Businesses, In 2016, the BHPS reorganized and started a new phase of having the organization and The National Apple Museum be a wider outreach in the Upper Adams and Adams County Communities. Our purpose has remained
“Human Intelligence” and Pine Grove Furnace’s Camp Michaux
Prisoner of War and Interrogation in the U.S. in WWII Prisoners of war, or POWs, were held in the U.S. in over 600 camps in 44 states by the end of World War II (WWII). Several POW camps were located in
My Love-Hate Relationship with History
With apologies to my Biglerville High School History teachers, I had a strong dislike for history when I was a student. I memorized the dates and facts needed to pass the quiz or test, then promptly erased
