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I've been editor of the York (Pa.) Daily Record/Sunday News for 8 years and managing editor of the newspaper for 15 years before that. So, York Town Square explores the rapidly changing world of journalism. And I studied York/Adams' history in graduate school, have written six books about these fascinating southcentral Pennsylvania counties and serve on the York County (Pa.) Heritage Trust board. So, this blog deals with regional history. Often, journalism and history meet here. They're part of a continuum anyway. My hope is that this site intrigues readers on both accounts in giving a daily dose of journalism/history. Or history/journalism. Contact me at jem@ydr.com or become friends on Facebook or follower on Twitter, @JamesMcClure.
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Recent Posts
- York City Hall touts Colonial history, but city is mainly Victorian: Linked in with neat history stuff, Feb. 12, 2012
- Part II, Good night in Glen Rock: Dinner and a movie and the American dream
- Good night in Glen Rock: Dinner and a movie and the American dream, Part I
- Part II, Parade Music Prince Roland Seitz: From Glen Rock to Friday Night Lights
- Scenery before the Conowingo Dam impounded the Susquehanna: Linked in with neat history stuff, Feb. 8, 2012
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- Jim McClure on Monumental mystery solved: Wandering woman cemetery marker sits in Carlisle
- Mark Foreman on York County Courthouse, now Administrative Center. What do you call it?
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Monthly Archives: March 2007
Can you ID these four photos?
These elegantly dressed citizens, perhaps disembarking from a ferry boat, appear to be enjoying themselves at a Susquehanna River landing. That appears to be the Wrightsville bridge — the 1897 iron bridge — in the background. Carla Reinecker of Red … Continue reading
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Reader searches for photos of now-demolished Ziegler’s Tavern, located outside Seven Valleys, Pa.
Union Gen. Judson Kilpatrick furiously rides back to Hanover after Jeb Stuart’s Confederates slammed into the back of his column on the streets of that borough on June 30, 1863. Kilpatrick’s column had reached Abbottstown when fighting began. After the … Continue reading
Peeking into Pennsylvania’s attic
Camp Security, in present-day Springettsbury Township, probably resembled this British prisoner-of-war encampment in Charlottesville, Va. Some prisoners from this camp moved to Camp Security in 1781 when Cornwallis’ redcoats moved northward into Virginia. Jonathan Stayer, who has written extensively on … Continue reading
Lewisberry project uncovers hidden American Indian mural
Barbara Forgas discovered what is believed to be American Indian artwork behind the walls of a bathroom in a Lewisberry, York County, home. See another view below. Did you catch the story about the Lewisberry woman who found four, 8-foot … Continue reading
Columnist adds to sense of community in York
The Civil War monument in York’s Penn Park, seen in this post card view facing south, was a topic in a 1912 history book given to columnist Gordon Freireich. The book listed Freireich’s merchant-family, filling in some blanks in his … Continue reading
U.S. Grant dines at Mick E. Dee’s
Larry and Constance Clowers, of Gettysburg, portray Ulysses S. Grant and his wife Julia. They do hundreds of programs each year, including a recent appearance in Hanover. Here, they play their roles during lunch at a McDonald’s in York. When … Continue reading
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York, Pa., newspaper’s founding date remains a mystery
This is the earliest known extant copy of the German-language Die York Gazette. The York Daily Record points to this newspaper as its forerunner. I was working on a chronology for Mary Alliene Hamilton’s biography of longtime newspaper owner J.W. … Continue reading
Yo! More support for Yoe vs. Yohe
Joyce Fix’s research agrees with what Russell Horn Jr. Yo! has found about the origins of Yoe borough’s name. Here’s her take: Reading your article Sunday column about the town of Yoe made me start to shuffle though all my … Continue reading
The Dell in York: ‘It was like family’
So, I made the point in a York Sunday News column that White Oak Park (The Oaks) was to the north side what Shady Dell (The Dell) was to the south side of York: The Dell. Primo teen hangouts in … Continue reading
In new book, former resident profiles York, Pa.’s, elegant Elmwood Mansion
Ann Small Niess, resident of the Elmwood Mansion from 1923-1947, writes about the intriguing East York structure in a book released this week. The mansion now serves as a conference center for Memorial Hospital. For story, see <a href="http://www.ydr.com/newsfull/ci_5530078“>grand tour. … Continue reading
