Tag Archives: Battle of Gettysburg

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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Old Gettysburg Cyclorama building: Visit this round landmark while it still stands

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Jim McClure

Old Gettysburg Cyclorama building: Visit this round landmark while it still stands

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Wanted in Gettysburg: $250,000 to buy 112 acres of prime Civil War land – Linked in to history, 2/5/13

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Jim McClure

Yorktownsquare.com covers efforts to acquire land important to the Civil War and American Revolution, a bit of opposition to Steam into History and the exploration of artspace in York City.

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Aged York County veteran put on old Civil War uniform in pursuit of pension

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Jim McClure

‘Civil War Voices from York County, Pa.’ should be released in time for the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg

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Gettysburg’s old Electric Map soon to be Hanover’s Electric Map

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Jim McClure

The old Electric Map, so familiar to generations in Gettysburg, is proposed to resurface in nearby Hanover.

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Gettysburg’s old Electric Map in storage: Check out these photographs

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Jim McClure

A portion of the Electric Map sits in a storage container, one of four, at an undisclosed site. The map was carved up into sections when it was dismantled more than a decade ago. (See additional photographs below). Also of … Continue reading →

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People to talk most at this old-fashioned town hall meeting: Linked in with neat York County history stuff, July 12, 2012

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Jim McClure

James McClure’s yorktownsquare.com post includes stories about Haar’s Drive-in, coyotes in York County and the archaeological dig at Penn Park.

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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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Latinos keep York above 40,000 population threshold: Linked in with neat York County history stuff, Dec. 22, 2011

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Jim McClure

William Arais kneels during Rosary prayer in an Our Lady of Guadalupe event at  St. Mary’s Roman Church in York earlier this month. Latinos in church and around the city are more visible than a decade ago. In the past … Continue reading →

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Can Penn Park become grand again? Linked in with neat York County history stuff, Dec. 17, 2011

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Jim McClure

Penn Park will receive funds from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ Keystone Fund and other sources. The funds will be directed to infrastructural improvements, but any aid to the once-grand and now relatively deserted York City park is … Continue reading →

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