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: April 2010
Check out this list ready for induction in a York County Arts & Entertainment Hall of Fame – Pt. 1
From York, Pa., to Philadelphia Charles Rudy, York County-born sculptor with an international reputation, works on the War Memorial at the University of Pennsylvania. The artist, who lived from 1904-1986, appears on a short-list of York County achievers to be … Continue reading
Roundtop Mountain among highest peaks in York County
Roundtop Mountain, York County, Pa. This 2005 view shows the lay of the land toward Cumberland County’s Mechanicsburg from atop Ski Roundtop and also captures Gold medal-winning Olympian Diane Roffe giving a ski lesson. York County, Pa.’s Ski Roundtop has … Continue reading
York Railways trolley car No. 328, where are you?
York (Pa.) Railways in final days Trolley car No. 163 runs in York, Pa., close to the end of service in 1939. Today, it’s operating at the Rockhill Trolley Museum in Huntingdon County in southcentral Pennsylvania (see photo below.) A … Continue reading
Linked in with neat York County, Pa., history stuff – Bird’s-eye view of York, April 27, 2010
Pennsylvania countryside This is the bird’s-eye view from the top of Webb’s Hill looking to the north, toward York, Pa. Webb’s Hill was in the vicinity of what today is known as Reservoir Hill, where York Water Co.’s large covered … Continue reading
Reenactors observe anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train stop in York, Pa.
A family of York County, Pa., Civil War reenactors observed the exact moment, 145 years ago, that Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train made a water stop and then proceeded up the tracks to Pennsylvania’s capital, Harrisburg. Here, Becky Winand serves as … Continue reading
Vietnamese community in York County showing growth spurt
Motorists along North George Street in North York pass by the outside of the Vietnamese Alliance Church. Here, inside that church, Springettsbury Township’s Duong Huynh admires a flower decoration. The 70-year-old’s story was told in a York Sunday News story … Continue reading
York County’s Camp Security questions abound: But one about POW camp’s ghosts is answered
This is a view of the terrain that at one time accommodated Camp Security, an American Revolution British prisoner-of-war camp in Springettsbury Township, Pa. Jonathan Stayer of the Pennsylvania State Archives, who has studied the camp extensively presented on the … Continue reading
From Penn Park field to Sovereign Bank Stadium, York-area baseball fans have heard ‘Play ball’
This photograph, courtesy of Mel Miller and Lester Walker of the West Manchester Township, Pa., Historical Society gives a view of Penn Park field, probably the first baseball stadium in the York area. It confirms another photograph, found by Miller … Continue reading
