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Throwback Thursday: Tavern Troubles (Part V)
This Week, We Stay In the Yellow Springs Tavern, but Encounter Something More... Spooky Contemporary Dusk Photo of Historic Yellow Springs, looking to the East…
Throwback Thursday: Tavern Troubles (Part IV)
Roads, Roads, Roads: Still Tracing the Long-forgotten Trails of Colonial Taverns “View Near the Falls of Schuylkill”, engraving showing the conditions of the roads before…
Throwback Thursday: Tavern Troubles (Part III)
Back to the Beginning: Tracing Yellow Springs’ Earliest Tavernkeepers Through the Great Valley Painting entitled “In the tavern” by artist Richard Brakenburgh and his circle…
Throwback Thursday: Tavern Troubles (Part II)
Digging Deeper: We Continue to Follow the Tavern’s Trail Through Yellow Springs’ Past Painting of a Tavern Interior by English artist John S.C. Schaak (c.…
Throwback Thursday: Tavern Troubles (Part I)
Join Us as We Research The Murky History of the Tavern at Yellow Springs Facade of the Brick Room (modern day) which contains the foundations…
Biography of Johonnis Christoph Friederich Hench
Photo mock-up of what Johonnis Christoph Friederich Hench most likely looked like in 1778 | Image created by HYS Context and Genealogical Records Most accounts…
Biography of Christina Elisabet Schneider Hench
Photo mock-up of what Christina Elisabet Schneider Hench most likely looked like in 1778 (image created by HYS)
Biography of Maj. Johann Peter Hartman
Photo mock-up of what Maj. Johann Peter Hartman most likely looked like in 1778 (image created by HYS) Notes: Source: (Book) Johannes Hartman of Chester…
Biography of Christiana Maria “Mary” Schmidt Hartman
Photo mock-up of what Mary most likely looked like in 1778 (image created by HYS) Little is known about Mary's life from her own perspective,…