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April 24, 2008

York Native Expert Witness on Sinkings of Both the Titanic and U.S.S. Maine

 — June Lloyd (10:55 PM)

Watt-Maine.jpg Richard M. Watt, second from left, and the U.S.S. Maine

This week’s Sunday News carried a story about a new book titled What Really Sank the Titanic. The authors came to a different conclusion that that offered by Rear Admiral Richard M. Watt, expert witness and York native, who testified in the 1915 White Star Line liability trial.

Watt, former Chief Constructor in the U.S. Navy faulted the owners, the White Star Line, for not allowing the builders to install longitudinal bulkheads and water-tight doors on the Titanic.

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March 9, 2008

From York County to the Wider World

 — June Lloyd (10:43 PM)

York County is part of what is known as a “cultural hearth,” an area from which ideas and culture spread throughout much of the country as settlers moved on.

In a recent post, I showed how the Great Wagon road, shown on the 1751 Fry-Jefferson map, carried pioneers to the south and west. Click here for that post.

That was only the beginning.

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March 2, 2008

How Did They Get There from York?

 — June Lloyd (10:10 PM)

Click here for the Library of Congress zoomable 1751 Fry-Jefferson map.

I recently wrote about York County residents being recruited to move to Virginia in the 1870s. Click here to read that post.

There were several paths, following very early roads, from South Central Pennsylvania to less populated lands.

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