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Monthly Archives: October 2012
York County’s Gravity Hill is where ‘down is up,’ and that’s no Halloween tale
York County has a Gravity Hill where down seems to be up, and that’s no Halloween tale
Posted in Archives, all posts, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, History video channel, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Nostalgia & memories, Uncategorized, Unsung/obscure sites
Tagged 'Haunted Places in York County Pennsylvania', Bedford County, Fairview Township, Gravity Hill, Halloween, Leo Motter
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Check out 10 more links to stories, photos of Sandy, present and past bad weather events
10 more links to Hurricane Sandy stories, photos and past bad weather events
Frankenstorm: Check out these 10 links to stories, photos of Sandy, bad weather events
10 links tell about bad weather events in York County’s past – and present – with Hurricane Sandy bearing down.
Indian Rock Dam, controller of Codorus flooding, just celebrated its 70th birthday
Indian Rock Dam, a York-area flood control impoundment, opened about 70 years ago, in 1942.
Posted in Archives, all posts, Bad weather, For photo fans, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Uncategorized, Unsung/obscure sites, War, World War II
Tagged Blake Stough, Eloise, Hurricane Sandy, Indian Rock Dam, Lee, Preserving York, t, Tropical Storm Agnes, Tropical Storm Sandy
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Fitz family no longer ‘standing’ at Eastern Market, Springwood Road – Linked in to York County history, Oct. 27, 2012
Yorktownsquare.com cover Tropical Storm/Hurrican Sandy, Stewartstown Railroad and the Susquehannocks.
Posted in Archives, all posts, Bad weather, Civil War, Farms & fields, For photo fans, Linked in/neat stuff, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Longtime York families, Nostalgia & memories, People, Small-town life, The Pennsylvania Dutch, Uncategorized, Unsung/obscure sites, War, Women's history, YorkEats: Hogmaw & such
Tagged Eastern Market, Fitz Bros. Farm, Hurricane Sandy, Pumpkin Snow, Springwood Road, Stewartstown Railroad, Susquehannocks, Tropical Storm Sandy, York Township
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Old Electric Map lifted up, then settles into new Hanover home: Linked in to York County history, Oct. 26, 2012
Yorktownsquare.com covers George Washington and Andrew Jackson’s visits to York, the Electric Map’s New home and memories about the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Posted in All presidential stops, Civil War, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, God & York County, Linked in/neat stuff, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Mail bag, Nostalgia & memories, Uncategorized, Unsung/obscure sites, War, World War II
Tagged 'Remember', Andrew Jackson, Cuban Missile Crisis, Electric Map, George Washington, Gettysburg, Halloween Parade, Hanover, JFK, John F. Kennedy, Little Green Church, presidential visits, Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
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York County Hex Murder: 10 memorable quotes about this famed witchcraft case
‘Trials of Hex’ author J. Ross McGinnis is knowledgable and erudite about York County’s famous witchcraft trial.
Country music’s Shorty Fincher: ‘Valley View is the best of the lot’: Linked in to York County history, Oct. 24, 2012
Yorktownsquare.com covers Valley View Park, the Electric Map on the move, the Hex Murder cases explained and the closing of Fitz Brothers Eastern Market stand.
Posted in Archives, all posts, Cops & courts, Events, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Linked in/neat stuff, Local landmarks, Mail bag, Music and musicians, Nostalgia & memories, People, Small-town life, Uncategorized, Unsung/obscure sites, War, World War II
Tagged Children Home of York, Electric Map, Elvis, Hellam Township, Hex Murders, J. Ross McGinnis, Nelson Rehmeyer, New Eastern Market, Shorty Fincher, Stewartstown Historical Society, Stewartstown Presbyterian Church, Three Stooges, Valley View Park
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American Revolution contest prompts York County elementary class to do its homework
The Revolutionary War, specifically York’s role in that conflict, is highlighted in a York County Heritage Trust/York Daily Record digital contest.
Posted in All politics is local, American Revolution, Archives, all posts, Books & reading, Events, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Genealogy/research, Local journalism & Web, School days, Uncategorized, War
Tagged 'Nine Months in York Town', American Revolution, Articles of Confederation, Continental Congress, Murals of York, York County Heritage Trust
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York’s orphans stayed in big home marked today by little-known plaque: Linked in to York County history, Oct. 22, 2012
Yorktownsquare.com covers the Children’s Home of York locations, 10 top postcards, ‘agritainment,’ and the quest for Civil War photos.
Posted in Archives, all posts, Civil War, Explanations/controversy, Farms & fields, For photo fans, Linked in/neat stuff, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Nostalgia & memories, People, Small-town life, Uncategorized, Unsung/obscure sites, War
Tagged 'Agritainment', Camp Scott, Children's Home of York, Civil War photos, fall foliage, Monaghan Township, postcards, whiskey
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