Category Archives: Farms & fields

Penn Park’s Penn-Coates Memorial better known as the York, Pa., park’s ‘caretaker’s home’

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Jim McClure

This blocky building in York, Pennsylvania’s, Penn Park is weather beaten or, well, just looks beaten up today. But when The Penn-Coates Memorial appeared on the cover of its dedication brochure on Sept. 25, 1926, it was a welcome sight.

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U.S. 30 Drag-O-Way, Part 4: York County’s love affair with its cars

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Jim McClure

Remember the U.S. 30 Drag-O-Way? The dragstrip, operating at the York Airport in Thomasville, was the place to go on Saturday nights. It closed in 1979, but it lives on in the lives of the many car clubs around York County and the Musclecar Madness event every July at the York Expo Center.

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In search of Potato Town, York County’s agricultural ghost town, Part Last: Linked in to history, 4/25/13

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Jim McClure

Yorktownsquare.com covers Brook Leaf Love Nest Tree House, more about Gettysburg 150, how to crack a safe and more about Potato Town, in North Codorus Township.

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It’s just a ditch in Hanover, Pa., but Jeb Stuart made it famous

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Jim McClure

York County, Pennsylvania, does not have the Civil War fame of neighboring Adams County. Never will. But we have the opportunity this year to mark sites such as Jeb Stuart’s ditch (the exact location is disputed) that are part of York County’s Civil War story. This site, like so many others in York County, are unmarked and almost forgotten. Gettysburg 150 gives us a chance to remember them.

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In search of Potato Town, York County, Pa.

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Jim McClure

Potato Town, York County, Pa.? This structure, an old school house, was all that was left of the gathering of about a half dozen houses in North Codorus Township when Armand Glatfelter was writing his histories of that township.

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Avalong barn demolition: So, what’s the big deal?

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Jim McClure

A demolition team plied their craft on the Avalong Barn, taking down recently built structures at the Springettsbury Township landmark. The older part of the barn stands – for now.

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York County man’s first car? A 1956 turquoise Chevy ragtop: Linked in to York County history, 3/15/13

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Jim McClure

Yorktownsquare.com covers memories of reader’s first cars, farmers markets, sources about the York Race Riots and Gettysburg’s Historic Lutheran Seminary

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Spring Valley Peacock Farm, Part III: A telling, troubling story about York County

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Jim McClure

Spring Valley Peacock Farm’s demolition provides a telling, troubling story about what’s going on in York County. Also, videos of the old Cyclorama building in Gettysburg coming down.

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Casper Glattfelder’s legacy: Glatfelters, Gladfelters, Glotfeltys, Clodfelters and Clotfelters – and more

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Jim McClure

Casper Glattfelder’s legacy: Glatfelters, Gladfelters, Glotfeltys, Clodfelters and Clotfelters – and more

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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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