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What is more York County than Yorkco, now Johnson Controls? Part II

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Jim McClure

Yorktownsquare.com covers the Halpin firefighting family, relics from the Battle of Wrightsville relics, Johnson Controls’ new York County home and Strasburg Railroad’s new roundhouse

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Wanted around York County! A few good ghost signs: Linked in to York County history, 3/22/13

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Jim McClure

Heather Klinefelter submitted this rather stranger ‘Follow this Finger’ signs to ydr.com’s Your Photos gallery. ‘This is one of my favorite ghost signs, I drive or walk past it at least once a day and have for the last 10 … Continue reading →

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Avalong barn family member: ‘This is an opportunity to create … not demolish a part of the past’

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Jim McClure

Avalong Farm family members believe the old landmark barn in Springettsbury Township, most recently the Pfaltzgraff pottery outlet store, will come down soon to make way for a bank.

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A tow plow? One can only hope it never comes your way: Linked in to York County history, 3/7/13

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Jim McClure

Yorktownsquare.com covers the doomed Avalong barn, Bowen & McLaughlin’s start in York, Gettysburg tourism, and a truck body reportedly made in York

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Doomed Avalong barn indicative of York County’s eroding sense of place. The public must continue to speak loudly

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Jim McClure

Doomed Avalong barn indicative of York County’s eroding sense of place. The public must continue to speak loudly

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Manchester Township calendar dedicated to history ‘digger’: Linked in to history, Nov. 20, 2012

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Jim McClure

Yorktownsquare.com covers the death of noted organist Sam Keeney, a performance of former Live frontman Ed Kowalcyzk, a Pfaltzgraff moonshine jug and a new Manchester Township calendar.

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About jugs and stills and the York County hillbillies: Linked in to history, Nov. 14, 2012

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Jim McClure

Yorktownsquare.com covers a rare Pfaltzgraff jug that sold for $8 thousand recently, serial killer Mark Spotz’s appointment with the executioner and a recent speech on American Indians

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New York Wire factory whistle commentary delivered to readers via Google+

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Jim McClure

New York Wire’s factory whistle concert may be endangered again, with the reported closing of the company’s East Market Street factory. Musing about this on a recent Google+ post.

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Broad Street’s back-in angle parking in York. Why? Linked in to York County history, Oct. 3, 2012

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Jim McClure

Yorktownsquare.com covers video bios of Bobby Simpson and Susan Byrnes, a historical marker in Adams County’s Fairfield, and York High’s appointment as interim coach of the Indianapolis Colts.

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You’d never know this West Manchester building was a one-room school: Linked in with neat York County history stuff, Sept. 1, 2012

Posted on September 1, 2012 by Jim McClure

Yorktownsquare.com covers roadside giants, what’s new in Gettysburg and the sale of Trinity United Methodist Church.

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