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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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Tag Archives: Hopewell Township
Dover Township explosion adds to long list of house blasts in York County’s past
This explosion and house fire along Carlisle Road last week captured the attention of the York community. The Dover Township, Pa., structure went up with no loss of life. It was next to a vet’s office – remembered by many as the former home of Waltermyer’s flooring – but no one and no pets were injured there either. This is not the first time a house exploded around York County.
York County Civil War soldiers sought pensions to recognize wounds
York County Civil War soldiers sought pensions to recognize their wounds. Here are two examples from veterans of the United States Colored Troops.
War and Peace: military memorabilia, antique sleds for sale in Hopewell Township – Linked in to history, Dec. 4, 2012
Yorktownsquare.com covers Dick Boyd’s collection of sleds, a new Martin-Parry website and the last call for York County family stories about the Civil War.
Posted in Archives, all posts, Civil War, Explanations/controversy, Farms & fields, For photo fans, Linked in/neat stuff, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Made in York, Mail bag, Nostalgia & memories, Small-town life, Uncategorized, Unsung/obscure sites, War, Wheels of York
Tagged Carriage Works Apartments, Dick Boyd, Hopewell Township, Martin-Parry, Richard Boyd, Scarecrow Farm, sleds, Susquehannocks
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Pensupreme site on Codorus Creek’s north bank home to dairies for decades: Linked in to York County history, Dec. 1, 2012
Yorktownsquare.com covers Devil’s Hole, the old Pensupreme dairy, Elmwood Mansion, and a military memorabilia sale at Scarecrow Farm
Posted in Archives, all posts, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Linked in/neat stuff, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Made in York, Mail bag, Nostalgia & memories, Uncategorized, Unsung/obscure sites
Tagged Devil's Hole, Elmwood Mansion, Emigsville Creamery, Hopewell Township, Manchester Township, Penn Dairies, Pensupreme, Scarecrow Farm
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Colonial York countians, statesmen caught lottery fever, too: Linked in to history, Nov. 28, 2012
Yorktownsquare.com covers links to an early American lottery that took place in York, the story of York’s first courthouse, the opening of Carriage Works Apartments, and Johnson Control’s proposed moved to Hopewell Township.
Posted in American Revolution, Archives, all posts, Events, Explanations/controversy, Famous York visitors, Linked in/neat stuff, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Made in York, Uncategorized, War, Yorkco
Tagged Carriage Works Apartments, Centre Square, Continental Congress, First courthouse, Hopewell Township, Johnson Controls, lottery, M.D. Martin, Martin Library, York County Court House
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What is more York County than Yorkco, now Johnson Controls?
Johnson Controls, heir to York Manufacturing and the long line of other York-area refrigeration and air conditioning names, is looking to move operations to Hopewell Township in southern York County.
Posted in All politics is local, Archives, all posts, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Made in York, Uncategorized, Unsung/obscure sites, Yorkco
Tagged Borg-Warner, Hopewell Township, Johnson Controls, Murals of York, York Corporation, York Ice Machinery, York International, York Manufacturing Co., Yorkco
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Glen Rock’s I-83 interchange A Changin’: Linked in to York County history, Sept. 27, 2012
Yorktownsquare.com covers the now-demolished Rocky Ridge Motel, a rehabbed church bell towner in Hopewell Township and a new museum in York Springs.
Posted in Archives, all posts, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, God & York County, Linked in/neat stuff, Local landmarks, Mail bag, Nostalgia & memories, Small-town life, Uncategorized, Unsung/obscure sites, YorkEats: Hogmaw & such
Tagged Bob Ketenheim, Glen Rock, hog maw, Hopewell Township, Interstate 83, pork, Rock Ridge Motel, Rutter's, Seaks Run Road, Springfield Township, St. John (Sadlers) Lutheran Church, Steve Stetler, York Springs
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How a bird saw prime York County farmland in 1970: Linked in with neat history stuff, April 11, 2012
For years, The Gazette and Daily produced annual calendars with interesting photographs from around York County, Pa. This aerial scene from the calendar’s November 1970 entry shows a photograph overlooking the J.C. Johnson farm in Hopewell Township, east of Stewartstown … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, all posts, Books & reading, Events, For photo fans, Heroes, Linked in/neat stuff, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Mail bag, Nostalgia & memories, People, Uncategorized, War, York County aerial photos
Tagged Hopewell Township, June Lloyd, Maryland Migration, York County Academy, York Little Theatre
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