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Welcome to York Town Square, 8 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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In this York County mystery town, you’re either going up or down a hill
This post card showing a bird’s eye view of … well, what York County, Pa., town? The postcard shows the town about 100 years ago, for it was postmarked 1917. That it’s the property of the Stewartstown Historical Society might suggest its somewhere in southeastern York County.
Posted in Archives, all posts, Events, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Linked in/neat stuff, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Nostalgia & memories, Small-town life, Unsung/obscure sites, York County's towns
Tagged Felton, Hanover, Haviland Road, Jeff Koons, Parr's Hill Reservoir, Stewartstown Historical Society, West Manchester Township
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Lincoln’s Address 150: Check out 5 more memorable story and photo/video links
The German Reformed Church Cemetery in Hanover, Pa., was the site of 11 Union fighting men who fell in the Battle of Hanover on June 30, 1863. Their bodies were later exhumed and reburied in the national cemetery in Gettysburg, the site of Gettysburg Address 150 observances this week. But back in Hanover, the historical cemetery has fallen on hard times. “Instead of the flowers and flags one might think would adorn a historic burial plot, Hanover’s German Reformed Cemetery is a cluster of nearly illegible stones, toppled and cracked in a lonely lot on School Avenue behind Trinity United Church of Christ,” the Evening Sun in Hanover reported.
Posted in Abe Lincoln was here, All politics is local, All presidential stops, Archives, all posts, Black history, Civil War, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, History video channel, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Unsung/obscure sites, War
Tagged Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Hanover, Battle of Wrightsville, German Reformed Cemetery, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Address, Hanover, James Getty, Steam into History
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Trains, stations and the Gettysburg Address
This is the scene from York County, Pa.’s, Hanover Junction believed to have been made by a photographer on the day that Abraham Lincoln traveled through York County to Gettysburg to deliver his Nov. 19, 1863, address. Yorkblogger Scott Mingus writes about this series of photos on his Cannonball blog, and here’s a bit more about a photo that some believe shows Abraham Lincoln at the station. Three York/Adams’ train stations, remembered here, hosted Lincoln on his way to and from his famous speech.
Posted in Abe Lincoln was here, All politics is local, All presidential stops, Archives, all posts, Civil War, Events, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Unsung/obscure sites, War, Wheels of York
Tagged 'The Fiery Trial', Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, Hanover, Hanover Address, Hanover Junction, JFK, Joe McClure, Luke Runyon, York County Heritage Trust, York Fair
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Have you ever ventured out to visit remote York County landmark Codorus Furnace?
A man was stuck in the Codorus Furnace stack this week. This drew attention to this York County, Pa., landmark, owned in its American Revolution heyday by Declaration of Independence signer James Smith. The old stack – actually not that owned by Smith – sits near where the Codorus Creek and Susquehanna River meet. It’s one of those landmarks featured in tourism brochures for years, but its remote location means that many York countians have never paid it a visit.
Posted in Archives, all posts, Books & reading, Civil War, For photo fans, Linked in/neat stuff, Local landmarks, Unsung/obscure sites, War, Women's history
Tagged 'the San', Codorus Furnace, Cresson sanitarium, Dottie Lindecamp, Gametimepa.com, Gettysburg 150, Hanover, James Smith, Martin Library, William James Troup
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10 reasons why Adams County’s New Oxford is such an inviting town
The water in New Oxford’s fountain runs blue, as the camera catches traffic entering the borough’s square from Pennsylvania’s old Lincoln Highway (now Route 30) from the east. Traffic heading through the square can exit toward Hanover or Carlisle or just keep heading west toward Gettysburg.
Posted in Archives, all posts, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, History video channel, Local landmarks, Nostalgia & memories, Small-town life, Unsung/obscure sites, Wheels of York, YorkEats: Hogmaw & such
Tagged Adams County, antiques, Carlisle, Hanover, Lincoln Highway, New Oxford
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Chainsaw art rearing up all around York County, Pa.
Chainsaw art is growing in popularity around York County, Pa. These former-tree-trunks-turned-into-art, like all outside art, won’t last forever. In the case of South Western High Schools ‘Mustang,’ this is the third such piece of art.
Posted in Archives, all posts, Events, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, History video channel, Linked in/neat stuff, Local landmarks, School days, Uncategorized, Unsung/obscure sites
Tagged 'Visions of the Susquehanna', Dennis Beach, Hanover, Mustang, Pumpkin Flood of 1784, Rob Evans, South Western High School, Susquehanna River, Tropical Storm Agnes
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You just don’t see buckaroos in York County, Pa., every day. But you do on Labor Day
The Wild West reaches the York County Northwest? Yes, it’s a rite of Labor Day weekend up there in Wellsville Pa.. The rodeo at Wellsville Frontier Days, operating since 1961, is an organization for people who love horses and equine activities.
Posted in Archives, all posts, Books & reading, Events, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Linked in/neat stuff, Local journalism & Web, Made in York, Nostalgia & memories, York Safe & Lock
Tagged Eliot Ness, equine, Hanover, Hanover Shoe Farms, Muddy Creek, Pittsburgh, Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center, Wellsville, Wellsville Frontier Days, York Safe & Lock
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