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Delta-Peach Bottom slate splitter (say that fast 3 times) coming to Stewartsown
Author and historian Roger Wilson will demo the practice of slate splitting (say that fast three times) at a Stewartstown, Pa., Historical Society demonstration on May 8. Wilson will talk about the Welsh and their slate quarrying in the Delta-Peach Bottom area in the 19th century.
Posted in American Revolution, Archives, all posts, Books & reading, Delta Welsh quarryman, Events, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Linked in/neat stuff, Local landmarks, Mail bag, Small-town life, War
Tagged Camp Security, Delta, Delta-Peach Bottom, Hoke farmhouse, Hoke House, Peach Bottom, slate, Spring Grove, Welsh
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Rita Mae Brown in York for Camp Security fundraiser: ‘We lose our history so fast in this country’: Linked in to history, 4/18/13
Yorktownsquare.com covers Rita Mae Brown’s appearance in York on behalf of Camp Security, interest in the Hex Murder and the story of a Civil War drummer boy.
Lafayette Club bowling ball is on auction list, but what is to become of its paintings? Linked in to history, 4/5/13
Mugs, plates and a pair of bowling shoes are among the items to be auctioned from the longtime Lafayette Club in York, Pennsylvania. The former private men’s club closed its doors last year
Posted in American Revolution, Archives, all posts, Civil War, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Linked in/neat stuff, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Nostalgia & memories, The Pennsylvania Dutch, Uncategorized, War
Tagged Camp Security, Dunkers, Friends of Camp Security, Lafayette Club, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Marquis de Lafayette
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Wanted in Gettysburg: $250,000 to buy 112 acres of prime Civil War land – Linked in to history, 2/5/13
Yorktownsquare.com covers efforts to acquire land important to the Civil War and American Revolution, a bit of opposition to Steam into History and the exploration of artspace in York City.
Posted in All politics is local, American Revolution, Archives, all posts, Civil War, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Local journalism & Web, Nostalgia & memories, Uncategorized, War, Wheels of York
Tagged Battle of Gettysburg, Bi-Comp building, Camp Security, Gettysburg, Keystone Color Works, National Register of Historical Places, New Freedom, rock band Live
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Lincoln Woods Inn waitresses enjoyed meeting John F. Kennedy: Linked in to history, 1/28/13
Yorktownsquare.com covers John F. Kennedy’s visit to York County in 1960, Civil War 150, noted scientists from York and the latest installment of Exit Interviews featuring York Divers.
Posted in All politics is local, All presidential stops, American Revolution, Archives, all posts, Civil War, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Linked in/neat stuff, Local journalism & Web, Mail bag, Nostalgia & memories, People, Uncategorized, War, YorkEats: Hogmaw & such
Tagged 'Exit Interviews', Civil War 150, Colonial Court House, Continental Congress, Gettysburg, Interstate 83, scientists, York Diving
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Colonial York countians, statesmen caught lottery fever, too: Linked in to history, Nov. 28, 2012
Yorktownsquare.com covers links to an early American lottery that took place in York, the story of York’s first courthouse, the opening of Carriage Works Apartments, and Johnson Control’s proposed moved to Hopewell Township.
Posted in American Revolution, Archives, all posts, Events, Explanations/controversy, Famous York visitors, Linked in/neat stuff, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Made in York, Uncategorized, War, Yorkco
Tagged Carriage Works Apartments, Centre Square, Continental Congress, First courthouse, Hopewell Township, Johnson Controls, lottery, M.D. Martin, Martin Library, York County Court House
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Thanksgiving Day application to York, Pa. and the world: Good can come from bad
Thanksgiving theme in York, Pa. and to the ends of the world: Good can come from bad.
Posted in American Revolution, Archives, all posts, Events, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, God & York County, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Uncategorized, Unsung/obscure sites
Tagged Battle of Saratoga, Day of Thanksgiving and Praise, East Market Street, Hurricane Sandy, Sheetz, Thanksgiving
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