Stories from the Springs
Join us for unique stories from the Moore Archives at Historic Yellow Springs. These regular stories center events and voices associated with the Village of Yellow Springs, PA. and its rich local history of over 300 years. With first hand accounts, artifacts from the past, and audio recordings, we seek to bring history alive and share it directly with you.
Throwback Thursday: Rediscovered Springs
Two Additional Springs Discovered Along the Northridge Trail Spark Curiosities The Discovery Back in June, our Facilities Manager, Kevin McCraw, discovered something curious while exploring the Northridge Trail. The Northridge…
Throwback Thursday: Sassafras Leaves & Lenape Traditions
From Clay to Leaf- Rediscovering Lenape Connections in the Landscape of Historic Yellow Springs Pot made by our Lenape Elder guests, made of native-dug clay from the HYS property and…
Throwback Thursday: Piecing Together Medical Botany
The “Flower Book” from the Moore Archives is much older (and weirder) than We Thought Root Cause While organizing our library, we found a mysterious manilla folder- filled with what…
Yellow Springs and the Battle of the Clouds
Researched and Written by Mark Ashton A blue and white flag with white stars (AI-generated. AI-generated content may be incorrect.) Head Quarters, at Yellow spring [Pa.] Septr 17th 1777. Parole:…
Throwback Thursday: Bog Garden Discovery of Archaic Projectile Points
Indigenous Americans have been using the land at Yellow Springs for at least Four and a half Millennia Projectile points in their original wrappings A Second Rediscovery Throwback Thursday for…
Throwback Thursday: The Cyclopedia of Chester County
Compiled in 1893 by Samuel T. Wiley and Winfield Scott Garner This week’s Throwback Thursday features another hefty, aged leather-bound book discovered in the Moore Archives library: the Biographical and…