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Welcome to York Town Square, 9 years of daily posts about journalism and history, 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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5 more history mysteries to test your York smarts
Last week, I posted five history mystery quizzes originally posed to YDR Facebook readers. This week, the first two – the one above and immediately below – were posted to my Facebook page. I put past posts on YDR Facebook and the daily posts on my page. Many also go on my Twitter stream. I hope you enjoy and engage by clicking on comments, likes and share. And remember, click on the “goog.le” link, if stumped.
Posted in Archives, all posts, Black history, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Nostalgia & memories, People, Quizzes & (fun) tests, Unsung/obscure sites, Wheels of York, Women's history, YorkEats: Hogmaw & such
Tagged City Market, Daisy Myers, George Leader, Gino's, Susquehannock High School, trolleys, Wrightsville
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5 history mysteries to test your York, Pa., smarts
Post by York Daily Record/Sunday News. York countians really like to talk about their towns. So when you put a YDR Facebook post up like the one above showing a borough or landmark, it people respond. In this case, readers … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, all posts, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, People, Unsung/obscure sites, Women's history
Tagged Bermudian Church of the Brethren, Elizabeth Marshall, Kathryn Fourhman, moon landing, New Salem borough, Seven Valleys, York New Salem
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Versatile Dempwolfs designed York, Pa., mansions – and carriage houses
Linked in/Neat stuff: Dr. Charles Drawbaugh feted/History mystery rocks The work of Dianne Bowders appears again on YorkTownSquare. This one captures a familiar Dempwolf design in York, Pa. But not a mansion this time. Here is the York Township resident’s … Continue reading
Posted in Art & artists, Cliff Satterthwaite, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Linked in/neat stuff, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, People, School days, Unsung/obscure sites, York celebrities
Tagged Cameron Mitchell, Chimney Rock, Dempwolf, Dianne Bowders, Dover, Dr. Charles Drawbaugh, Hellam Township, Prospect Hill Cemetery, Zachary Clouser
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These York County history topics are graduate theses waiting to happen
One-room schools intrigue and captivate York countians. More work is needed to inventory and identify these 300 or more sturdy structures that were a way of life in York County, Pa., from the 1830s to the 1950s. Here is one such school. Glen Rock’s John ‘Otts’ Hufnagel studied the whereabouts of this old school, identified it as Snyder’s School. It was located off Route 216.
Brodbecks Stone Church isn’t made of stone: Traditions linger in York County, Pa.
Picturing History profiles Brodbecks’ St. Jacob’s (Stone) Church, whose name indicates that traditions sometimes die hard in York County, Pa. ‘Although widely known as Stone church, there hasn’t been a stone church on the property since 1855,’ Charles H. Glatfelter wrote in ‘York County Lutherans.’ Glatfelter gave other facts about the church, from which we can draw lessons.
Posted in Archives, all posts, Art & artists, Books & reading, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, God & York County, Linked in/neat stuff, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, People, Unsung/obscure sites
Tagged 'Little General', Carman's Ice Cream, Cliff Satterthwaite, Loganville, St. Jacob's (Stone) Church, St. Paul's 'Dub's' Church, Stone Church
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Lake Williams just passed the century mark; York Water Co. coming up on 200th
One might think those two beautiful water supply lakes south of York, Pa., were built at the same time. But Lake Williams, seen here in a postcard view, went up in 1913, and Lake Redman, 1967. Both came in response to droughts. Many York countians remember the drought that brought Lake Redman. It also brought in a self-proclaimed rainmaker, but construction of the Redman dam proved more reliable. A history on the York Water Company’s website comments on Lake Williams, built after the normal flow of two branches of the Codorus Creek needed help in the face of dry weather: ‘On January 7, 1913 the dam was completed. By February 4, 1913 the new dam was full and overflowing. The lake was later named Lake Williams in honor of the Company’s General Manager.’ So Lake Williams just passed its 100th anniversary.
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Tagged 87th Pennsylvania, Battle of Monocacy, Chance Marsteller, Codorus Creek, Lake Redman, Lake Williams, Mason-Dixon Line, Ogontz Street, Victor's restaurant, Williams Grove, York Water Company
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Job of York Gazette & Daily journalists in 1960s: ‘Trying to help underdogs’
This photo of a giant York, Pa., sunflower came from the camera of Gazette and Daily photographer Carol Innerst. The reporter and photographer worked on the York daily’s staff in the 1960s, before moving on to metropolitan newspapers. By the … Continue reading
