Category Archives: Linked in/neat stuff

Can you locate this beautiful, bucolic York County scene? Linked in with neat history stuff, Feb.22, 2012

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Jim McClure

The hills in York County, Pa., offer many scenic views but here’s one that might not be as well known as say, from Roundtop Mountain Resort in northern York County or Reservoir Hill, south of York. Can you place this … Continue reading →

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Transforming scrap metal into meaningful art in York, Pa.: Linked in with neat history stuff, Feb. 18, 2012

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Jim McClure

The Industrial Plaza of York has been around since the 1990s, but it now has a sign, unveiled this week. The sign, showing gears and cogs, is made from repurposed pieces of scrap metal. It’s a visible ‘sign’ of consultant … Continue reading →

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Farmer with about 6 years of schooling never missed Meet the Press: Linked in with neat history stuff, Feb. 16, 2012

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Jim McClure

Codorus Valley Chronicles carried an informative article in its February edition about York County Labor Leader Richard Boyd’s bid for a State Senate seat some years ago. The photo, from this newsletter of the Codorus Valley Area Historical Society, shows … Continue reading →

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Famed podiatrist-turned-WASP with York roots passes away: Linked in with neat history stuff, Feb. 13, 2012

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Jim McClure

Ninety-five-year-old Mary Reineberg Burchard died recently. She was a daughter of York County and a Congressional Gold Medal winner for her pioneering work as pilot for the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) in World War II. The York Daily Record/Sunday … Continue reading →

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York City Hall touts Colonial history, but city is mainly Victorian: Linked in with neat history stuff, Feb. 12, 2012

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Jim McClure

This longtime York Federal/Waypoint/Sovereign Bank Building on York, Pa.’s, South George Street is being transformed into York’s City Hall. The city’s choice of this visible venue presents an interesting cultural irony. The Colonial-style building promotes York City’s 18th-century past particularly … Continue reading →

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Scenery before the Conowingo Dam impounded the Susquehanna: Linked in with neat history stuff, Feb. 8, 2012

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Jim McClure

This wide panaramic photograph shows the Conowingo Dam area in Maryland before the dam was built in the mid- and late 1920s. The pond on the Susquehanna River created behind the dam flood Peach Bottom in York County, Pa., and … Continue reading →

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York County slate mining 21st-century style: Linked in with neat history stuff, Feb. 6, 2012

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Jim McClure

  Slate mining was a primary occupation among the Welsh in southeastern York County, Pa., from about 1850 to World War I. But here Joey L. Wildasin of Joey L. Wildasin Slate Roofing mines slates in a different way. He … Continue reading →

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Old plow aids in planting of new Glen Rock museum: Linked in with neat history stuff, Feb. 1, 2012

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Jim McClure

Here’s the history of the recently opened historical museum in southern York County’s Glen Rock, according to borough historian John Huffnagel: ‘During the Sesquicentennial, Harold Fritz brought a plow made in Glen Rock in the 1880s into Sesquicentennial Headquarters for … Continue reading →

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Check out these iconic YDR photos fit for Facebook timeline: Linked in with neat history stuff, Jan. 30, 2012

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Jim McClure

Tractor’s square dance, yes square dance, at a recent Pennsylvania Farm Show. This photo, one of several available by the York, Pa., Daily Record/Sunday News, is available for posting on Facebook’s new timeline feature. If you’re not a fan of … Continue reading →

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Black Widow shoots old Alcazar Ballroom into the news: Linked in with neat history stuff, Jan. 27, 2012

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Jim McClure

A packed crowd at Cobblestone’s watched Pro billiards player Jeanette Lee’s game as part of the American Poolplayers Association’s Black Widow Tour. The evening was hardly historical, but it gives us a chance to spotlight the interior of the old … Continue reading →

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