Golden Plough Tavern — Attraction in York

Who would know York PA has such an important part of history on our doorstep. The year was 1777. The British take the continental capital in Philadelphia and occupy it. Benedict Arnold wins the battle for General Gates and the continental army at Saratoga. George Washington is preparing to winter over at Valley Forge, and YORK PA is the make shift CAPITAL for what will one day be AMERICA. The Golden Plow Tavern is where the continental congress learn of the much needed victory at Saratoga and any last whispers of Replacing George Washington as the commanding General for Horatio Gates...

The Golden Plough Tavern was built by Martin Eichelberger in 1741 and is a two-story, Germanic influenced medieval style building. The tavern is quite significant for its age and social history but is also an exceptional museum of historic carpentry and vernacular architecture. The ground floor wall construction is a rare type which blends timber framing with log building. These walls are framed and the spaces between the posts are infilled with hewn beams, each beam fitted into its own mortise, and the gaps between the beams chinked with stones and mud like...

My Great, Great, Great, Great Grandfather Peter Scholl (later changed to Shull) joined the Revolution with COL Albright's Regiment in 1777-1778. This is where he started (York County). He is now laid to rest in White County IL with a marker that distinguishes him as a Veteran of the Revolutionary War. Most likely he visited this Tavern. Someday I, COL Peter Shull of the 75th Ranger Regiment, will visit this...