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Welcome to York Town Square, 9 years of daily posts about history/journalism, topics that can easily become plodding and self important. My goal is to keep this blog fun and accessible. And I try to say something in each post. I welcome your comments and respond to every one you write. Please contact me at jem@ydr.com.
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Award-winning Manchester Township Historical Property Review: ‘This stately house was the home of Dr. Adam Eisenhart’
This is the 1800s home of Dr. Adam Eisenhart, now part of the Stillmeadow Church of the Nazarene’s campus in Manchester Township, Pa. It’s among scores of properties on the Manchester Township Historical Society’s Historical Property Review. A digital file on the building lists the property of high historical value. ‘According to census data and genealogy research, the 1860 owner was Dr. Adam Eisenhart, 1811-1872. His wife was Leah Ferry (or Ferree), 1820-1882,’ the property review states. The historical society’s review consists of a mapped, searchable database of such historical structures.
Posted in Archives, all posts, Civil War, Explanations/controversy, Farms, fields & mills, For photo fans, Genealogy/research, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Longtime York families, People, Small-town life, Unsung/obscure sites, War
Tagged Dr. Adam Eisenhart, Felicia Dell, Manchester Township, Manchester Township Historical Society, Scott Mingus, Stillmeadow Church of the Nazarene, York County Heritage Trust, York County Planning Commission
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The Susquehanna’s riverbed: What can you do with a face like that?
The York, Pa., Daily Record’s Jason Plotkin’s photos from above the Norman Wood Bridge are telling for several reasons. With a Susquehanna River bed like that, it’s obvious why the river over the centuries could not be navigated – or at least navigated by flatboats only in certain rainy seasons. It’s also why canals had to be put in on both sides of the river so that farmers and merchants could get their goods to market on the Chesapeake Bay.
Posted in Archives, all posts, Art & artists, Events, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, J. Horace Rudy, Linked in/neat stuff, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Nostalgia & memories, People, Susquehanna, waterways, Unsung/obscure sites, York County aerial photos
Tagged Bethlehem Steltz Reformed Church, Cameron Mitchell, First St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Glen Rock, Holtwood Dam, J. Horace Rudy, Norman Wood Bridge, Northwest Triangle, Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant, Rudy Collective Tour, Yorktowne Hotel, Zion United Church of Christ
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Lassa fever was in York County, Pa., in 1969: First U.S. death recorded here
York County’s Delma Rivera-Lytle is seen with her aunt and uncle, Juan and Doris Román. Juan Román became the first U.S. victim of Lassa fever when he died visiting the Rivera in York County, Pa., in 1969. Lassa is a distant cousin of Ebola.
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Tagged Delma Rivera-Lytle, Ebola, Edwin Rivera, Juan Román, Lassa fever, Rivera family
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Great Depression in York, Pa.: ‘There was considerable personal suffering’
Linked in/Neat stuff, below: 113-year-old York countian/Dover ID trial’s 10th anniversary This image highlights the cover of the 2015 ‘Journal of York County Heritage,’ a journal of research about topics from York County’s past. This year’s journal topics: David E. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Kinsley, Children's Home of York, Dave E. Small Post No. 363 of the G.A.R., Dover ID, Dover School District, Hanover Area Historical Society, intelligent design, Janeal Juroh, Journal of York County Heritage, S. Morgan Smith, The Depression, The Great Depression, Warehime-Myers Mansion, York County Heritage Trust, York Fair, York Fairgrounds grandstand
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Most popular York Town Square blog posts: Check out this top 10 list in August 2015
This is one of scores of memorable photos coming from Red Land Little League’s run for the Little League championship last month. The U.S. Little League champs brought Red Land to the attention of the world. And with that came the question: Where is Red Land? Two York Town Square posts exploring the whereabouts of Red Land earned spots 1 and 3 in pages viewed by readers in August 2015.
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Tagged Brown's Orchards, Brown's Orchards and Farm Market, Elmwood, First Post, Gitt Mansion, Hanover, Hobbit House, Indian Steps Museum, Loganville, Preservation Pennsylvania, Red Land, Red Land Little League, Springettsbury Township, York College, York College of Pennsylvania
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No, this is not Toad Manor. It’s the Hobbit House in York, Pa.
It’s called the Hobbit House around York, Pa., and you can’t help but to look its way when you drive by it. Leslie Klinger got her wish to look inside. ‘I delivered pizza there on occasion. I was sooo excited the first time, they invited me in to have a look. Very kind and generous people,’ she wrote when this History Mystery photo appeared on the York Daily Record’s Facebook page. Another Facebook commenter, Heather Klinefelter, quipped: ‘Haha! I call it Toad Manor.’ Hobbits? Toads? We’ll side with the Hobbits. So, where does it stand? Have you ever had the opportunity to visit it?
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Tagged Buddy Bench, Christian Bucks, Highland Park, Hobbit House, Kathryn L. Olewiler, The Hodle, Trinity United Church of Christ
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Urban legends about York College’s campus abound, and its archives help tell the school’s real story
John Fisher’s Pennsylvania’s Coat of Arms is viewed as the most significant among many holdings in York College of Pennsylvania’s Archives and Special Collections. The archives, in the college’s Schmidt Library, are open for public use. The archives house the … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Hatch Ehrenfeld, J. Horace Rudy, J.A. Dempwolf, John Fisher, Karen Rice-Young, Out Door Country Club, Ray Miller, York College, York College of Pennsylvania
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Check out this list of 18 York countians who have made it big
A member of the community mentioned Christian Bucks, the youngster behind the widespread Buddy Bench movement, on a list of well-known people with York,County, Pa. links and roots. His idea is that if a student is sitting on the bench along, another student should recognize that and take a seat, too. The idea came up when Christian was a first-grader at Central York School District’s Roundtown Elementary School and it spread from there. Christian rightly appears on a list of accomplished people, as you’ll see below.
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Tagged Ann Roth, Arianna Huffington, Buddy King, Charlies Thomas, Christian Bucks, Craig F. Walker, Craig Sheffer, Dave Bupp, Del McCoury, Dominick Argento, Evan Sharp, Hogan Sheffer, Jeff Koons, Ken Ludwig, Live, Martie Maguire, Neal Dodson, Rita Mae Brown
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