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Dinah McIntire and Her Hill
Jim Gerhart, August 2019 Dinah McIntire died 200 years ago in Lancaster, in May 1819, at the reported age of 113. She was well known around Lancaster in the early years of the nineteenth century as the fortuneteller who worked at the White Swan Tavern in the square. Her death warranted a rare obituary in the Lancaster Journal, something usually reserved only for prominent male citizens, as well as a note in Reverend Joseph Clarkson’s journal about her burial in the St. James Episcopal Church cemetery, despite the fact that he was in Philadelphia at the time. Dinah was one of the few women of her time who owned property; she had a small house near the intersection of West Strawberry and West Vine Streets. The site of her house was said to be near the highest point in that part of Lancaster, at the angle between West Strawberry and West Vine, and her notoriety was such that the hill…
Dinah McIntire and Her Hill
Jim Gerhart, August 2019 Dinah McIntire died 200 years ago in Lancaster, in May 1819, at the reported age of … Continue reading “Dinah McIntire and Her Hill”
Business Was Booming on Cabbage Hill a Century Ago
Jim Gerhart July,2019 In 1919, things were generally looking up in the U.S.—World War I had just ended, unemployment was … Continue reading “Business Was Booming on Cabbage Hill a Century Ago”