WSHS receives State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) Community Initiative Award. Read all about it in the SHPO Press Release – https://pahistoricpreservation.com/celebrating-preservation-month-with-the-2022-community-initiative-award-winners/

Announcing our People Saving Places Award!

https://cumberlink.com/news/local/history/preservation-pennsylvania-will-honor-local-advocates-of-the-sheepford-road-bridge/article_10903ec6-4981-11ed-a863-4b47ee00a0fc.html

Announcment of 1.4 million funding for the Sheepford Road Bridge!

https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/cumberland-county/sheepford-road-bridge-restoration-pedestrian-bridge-york-cumberland-county/521-0d03d321-b8da-4966-b1f7-fc26e4f1b93f?fbclid=IwAR1Q4ZbIM1WGUezSPbQ9LYB0slQCNa5z1kbS9n3kvhocX9Sym96T2Iey4KA

Sheepford Road Bridge in Pennsylvania to be Restored for Pedestrian Traffic

https://cumberlink.com/news/local/sheepford-road-bridge-pedestrian-bridge-near-adams-ricci-park-to-receive-funding/article_bf007d32-c0dc-11ec-8eca-2330d864809f.html?fbclid=IwAR0yz8MsT9VNgIbuwWMRUd1leUukT5jg0WovkP6x0wTQ4CR_atDojPwHUdA

https://www.ydr.com/picture-gallery/news/2022/04/21/photos-1887-sheepford-road-bridge-receives-1-4-million-restoration/7386929001/?fbclid=IwAR3526b_sHVmjsgSInMl2rH2LitEAAotzhjaam9vwvRiyqku9gm62jQ5068

The Burg tells our story!

Preservation Dedication: West Shore Historical Society builds a bridge to the region’s past

“EXTRA, EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT THE SHEEPFORD ROAD BRIDGE!   

https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/cumberland-county/sheepford-road-bridge-restoration-pedestrian-bridge-york-cumberland-county/521-0d03d321-b8da-4966-b1f7-fc26e4f1b93f?fbclid=IwAR1Q4ZbIM1WGUezSPbQ9LYB0slQCNa5z1kbS9n3kvhocX9Sym96T2Iey4KA

Sheepford Road Bridge in Pennsylvania to be Restored for Pedestrian Traffic

https://cumberlink.com/news/local/sheepford-road-bridge-pedestrian-bridge-near-adams-ricci-park-to-receive-funding/article_bf007d32-c0dc-11ec-8eca-2330d864809f.html?fbclid=IwAR0yz8MsT9VNgIbuwWMRUd1leUukT5jg0WovkP6x0wTQ4CR_atDojPwHUdA

https://www.ydr.com/picture-gallery/news/2022/04/21/photos-1887-sheepford-road-bridge-receives-1-4-million-restoration/7386929001/?fbclid=IwAR3526b_sHVmjsgSInMl2rH2LitEAAotzhjaam9vwvRiyqku9gm62jQ5068

Round & About with the West Shore Historical Society on the front page of the Carlisle Sentinel!

https://cumberlink.com/news/local/history/partnership-will-result-in-photo-exhibit-that-documents-west-shore-historic-sites/article_78448b14-5c38-5ffd-96e0-7271a2fff86d.html

Here is the link to the October 27th Sentinel Article ref: Sheepford Road Bridge. We made the front page!

https://cumberlink.com/news/local/funding-sought-for-project-to-restore-sheepford-road-bridge-into-bicycle-and-pedestrian-crossing/article_6b93fb34-6f03-5cf9-9ce3-9c89fe0edae9.html

Event commemorating the placement of the Sheepford Road Bridge on the Cumberland County Register of Historic Places

Video by Bill Keisling.

Cumberland County bridge preserved in history

https://local21news.com/news/local/old-bridge-gets-new-designation-as-preservation-efforts-continue

https://cumberlink.com/news/local/preservation-project-sheepford-road-bridge-earns-cumberland-county-register-of-historic-places/article_4da17863-094f-542f-88fa-9a3c1c8da6a6.html

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2021/06/bridge-built-in-1887-added-to-county-register-of-historic-places-thanks-to-local-campaign.html

The West Shore Historical Society partners with Harrisburg University!

https://cumberlink.com/news/local/history/watch-now-drone-used-to-document-historic-mccormick-farm-in-silver-spring-township/article_96b0b347-941a-5f42-aee9-e2a1b533c035.html#tracking-source=home-top-story

https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/harrisburg-university-drone-flight-dauphin-county/521-0a84fd0a-46c0-45bc-9cec-ab0f00b80533

https://local21news.com/amp/news/local/harrisburg-university-uses-drones-to-document-historic-mccormick-farmstead

SHEEPFORD ROAD BRIDGE

https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2020/06/24/group-rekindles-hope-1887-sheepford-road-bridge-green-phase/3246881001/

https://www.preservationpa.org/follow-your-heart-save-our-bridge/

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/10/cumberland-county-considers-future-of-historic-bridge.html

/https://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/06/neighborhood-group-works-to-save-133-year-old-sheepford-road-bridge.html

https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2020/06/24/group-rekindles-hope-1887-sheepford-road-bridge-green-phase/3246881001

https://www.fox43.com/video/travel/grant-presented-to-friends-of-sheepford-road-bridge/521-d9f30a2c-a7b4-49ce-a88d-64182da06411

https://local21news.com/news/local/community-comes-together-for-fundraiser-to-try-and-save-historic-bridge

https://www.abc27.com/news/local/carlisle-west-shore/effort-underway-to-keep-sheepford-road-bridge-open-to-traffic-but-officials-say-it-may-be-too-expensive/

https://fox43.com/2020/01/29/sheepford-road-bridge-closed-indefinitely-after-failing-inspection/

https://fox43.com/2020/01/27/future-of-sheepford-road-bridge-unknown

https://www.yorkdispatch.com/search/sheepford%20road%20bridge/