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Funding York’s Penn Park’s 1912 Improvements

Posted on April 14, 2012 by june lloyd

quoted anA recent post quoted an April 1912 York Gazette article on planned improvements for York’s Penn Park/Penn Common. A slightly earlier view on the postcard above, sent in 1908, shows an already impressive scene. A huge fountain is in … Continue reading →

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York Opens Arms to British Guests in 1927

Posted on December 1, 2010 by june lloyd

Browns of York, England welcomed to Pennsylvania You just never know when new information comes to light. Just recently the York County Heritage Trust Library/Archives was contacted by a descendant Henry Rhodes Brown, twice Lord Mayor of York, England. The … Continue reading →

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York Streets Better Now than 200 Years Ago

Posted on March 17, 2010 by june lloyd

Ploughing George Street Along with spring comes potholes, and we grumble about the condition of streets and roads. The Lewis Miller drawing above might make you feel better. South George Street might develop the inevitable pothole now and then, but … Continue reading →

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Tragic Good Friday Train Wreck at Glen Rock

Posted on February 18, 2008 by june lloyd

The above images from the 1985 York Daily Record story were supplied to the newspaper by Gary L. Klinedinst. A few older folks might still remember the spectacular train wreck at Centerville, just outside of Glen Rock that Friday afternoon … Continue reading →

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Huggy and the Soldiers–York Mayor Cracks Down

Posted on November 16, 2007 by june lloyd

York Mayor Ephraim Hugentugler had his hands full in the fall of 1917. He hauled many locals into his police court for furnishing liquor to soldiers stationed at the temporary training camp at Gettysburg. The soldiers also got themselves arrested … Continue reading →

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York Mayor Tells Wife She Should Have Hit Husband Harder

Posted on November 8, 2007 by june lloyd

Ninety years ago York Mayor Hugentugler presided over a frequently lively police court: One case involved a “near murder” with a hatchet on the 500 block of Vander Avenue. The York Gazette reported the husband

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