About this blog
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.
Monthly Archives: March 2010
Linked in with neat York County, Pa., history stuff – March 22, 2010
Littlestown, Pa., church? E-mailer Lisanne Renner is seeking information on this church, perhaps taken sometime between 1908 and 1917 by Littlestown resident who worked throughout the region on construction jobs. So the building could be just about anywhere in this … Continue reading
Ella Fitzgerald outshone UFO sightings during 1980 Strand-Capitol opening in York
At the Strand-Capitol The theaters making up York, Pa.’s, North George Street’s Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center have enjoyed many renovations and grand anniversaries in the past century. An “Ella-bration” is planned for April 11, marking the 30th anniversary of Ella … Continue reading
Find out how many York County sites are approved Underground Railroad stations
York County, Pa., Underground Railroad site The William C. Goodridge House on York, Pa.’s, East Philadelphia Street is one of York County’s sites appearing a national Underground Railroad list. (See additional photograph below.) Also of interest: Freed slaves living north … Continue reading
Intrepid Adams researcher: ‘The buildings weren’t the Underground Railroad; the people were’
Deb McCauslin, writer, historian Deb McCauslin visits grave markers at Yellow Hill in Butler Township, Adams County, in 2005. McCauslin regularly talks about the history of this site – an 1800s black cemetery and church. She also regularly presents on … Continue reading
Linked in with neat York County, Pa., history stuff – March 17, 2010
WASP Mary Reineberg Burchard World War II WASP pilot Mary Reineberg Burchard, then a York County (Pa.) resident, is pictured in one of the exhibits developed in conjunction with the recent awarding of Congressional Gold Medals to “Fly Girls.” The … Continue reading
Centre Presbyterian Church in Fawn Township, Pa.: ‘Very little has changed in this building’
This photograph shows the inside of Centre Presbyterian Church in the late 1800s. Observers say the Dempwolf-designed, Fawn Township (Pa.) church looks much the same today. Also of interest: York countian ordained in country church: ‘Very larger-than-life character for educated … Continue reading
Big outside events touching York County’s soil, people, but that’s nothing new
According to authorities, an al-Qaida terrorist worked as a contractor at southeastern York County, Pa.’s, Peach Bottom Atomic Power Plant (seen here), Three Mile Island and three other American nuclear plants. That is one of many international incidents that have … Continue reading
York County poet: ‘Her words helped win the war,’ Part II
Flo Snyder Neff, a World War II-era office employee at York (Pa.) Corporation, penned poetry that went to Yorkco employees on the warfront and homefront. She read her poetry at a recent Osher Lifelong Learning Institute class at Penn State … Continue reading
Linked in with neat York County, Pa., history stuff – March 13, 2010
This was the scene the morning after York, Pa.’s, Centre Square market sheds came down in what amounted to a middle of the night hanging in 1887. Teamsters roped support beams to the old sheds and pulled them down, thereby … Continue reading
