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Utz Arena at the York Expo Center: We’ll get used to it – Linked in with neat history stuff, May 16, 2012

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Jim McClure

Toyota Arena at York (Pa.) Expo Center is becoming the Utz brand one letter at a time as suggested in this photograph, one of a series captured by York Daily Record/Sunday News photographer Paul Kuehnel. Hanover-based snack food maker Utz secured naming rights to this multi-use building at the old York Fairgrounds.

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Distelfink? So now we all know the meaning of the strange Pennsylvania Dutch name

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Jim McClure

Distelfink Drive-in Restaurant was known as Sandoe’s Distelfink Drive-In on this postcard from York, Pa., Daily Record/Sunday News’ files. This picture from the undated postcard shows three cars from the early 1960s and one from the late 1950s. All this raises the question. What is a Distelfink?

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Hollywood meets Hanover over pretzels: Linked in to York County history, 5/2/13

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Jim McClure

Yorktownsquare.com covering Hanover pretzelmaking, ‘East of Gettysburg on e-book, Jeb Stuart’s ditch and a preservation talk by Scott Butcher

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Old Wright Bros. car dealership, once flying high along I83, grounded: Linked in to York County history, 4/13/13

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Jim McClure

Yorktownsquare.com covers the CCC’s birthday, ’42′, York County parks and the demolished Wright Bros. car dealership in York Township.

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Hope the reviewing stand beside this York, Pa. church was well built: Linked in to history, 4/2/13

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Jim McClure

Yorktownsquare.com covers Fitzkee’s Candies, the whereabouts of Potato Town, York County’s 150th birthday in 1899 and the work of architect Benjamin Latrobe

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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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Can you ID the two girls dwarfed by the piled snow? Linked in to York County history, 3/26/13

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Jim McClure

Auntie Anne/Central Market’s birthday/Famed Civil War latrine These unidentified girls probably never forgot this moment when the plowed and shoveled snow in York was almost twice their height in place. The location of this photograph, from York City’s 225th anniversary … Continue reading →

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Signed, ‘Anne B. Tempera (but an Anstine at heart and DNA)’: Linked in to York County history, 3/24/13

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Jim McClure

Yorktownsquare covers the widespread Anstine family, the county’s most famous ficus tree, more Gettysburg150 and the popular hobby of raising racing pigeons.

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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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Decision at Hanover’s Tropical Treat – Fat boy or Italian steak? Linked in to York County history, 3/17/13

Posted on March 17, 2013 by Jim McClure

Yorktownsquare.com presents rare interior photographs of Bair’s BAE, Gettysburg150 social media, a Seven Valley’s distillery and the annual seasonal reopening of Hanover-area’s Crabbs Tropical Treat.

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