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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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Picturing history, then & now: Soon-to-be-reopened Hannah Penn Middle School
Picturing History offers this before-and-after, then-and-now look at Hannah Penn Middle School. Some quick facts: This York, Pa., school, soon to be reopened with New Hope Academy Charter School shutting down, was not the first to bear the Hannah Penn name. The west end schoolgrounds also represent the site where Poorhouse Run goes underground as it crosses under the city to the Codorus Creek. Its grounds also were on or near the site of the old York Fairgrounds, site of a Union training camp early in the Civil War. But all this brings on the question: Who was Hannah Penn?
Posted in Archives, all posts, Art & artists, Cliff Satterthwaite, For photo fans, Heroes, History video channel, Linked in/neat stuff, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Nostalgia & memories, People, School days, War, World War II, York High achievers
Tagged Cliff Satterthwaite, Foustown, Hannah Penn, Hannah Penn Middle School, Harold Campbell, Penn Park, Throwback Thursday, York High
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How 2016 can serve as coming-together moment for York, Pa. If it would just come together.
The Elk rockery stood tall in York, Pa.’s, Penn Park until about 25 years ago when vandalism spelled the end of this monument. The park, York’s oldest, will celebrate its 200th anniversary in 2016.
Of a potter’s field, mass exhumation and a Figian cannibal’s reburial
Before York High School could be built at the turn of the 20th century, a cemetery for the indigent – Potters Field – had to be moved. So that exhumation project became what was probably the biggest such removal on York County, Pa.’s, record.
Touting York County’s history – right now – via new social media video tool
The American War Mothers monument is a little-known marker in the center of York, Pa.’s, Penn Park. It was dedicated after World War II to honor those who served, were wounded and died, a number that collectively totaled more than 20,000 in York County.
Posted in Archives, all posts, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, History video channel, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Nostalgia & memories, Unsung/obscure sites, War, World War II
Tagged American War Mothers, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Wrightsville, Central Market, Gettysburg, Penn Park, Wrightsville
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Who originated the annual New York Wire Factory Whistle concert?
With the news that the New York Wire Factory Whistle Concert is moving to Metso, one might wonder how the annual Christmas Eve concert came about, in the first place. This season’s greetings card put the orchestration in the hands of Karl Alex Smyser. He’s shown here in the narrow room where successor whistlemasters stood to play the steam- – now air – powered instrument, made possible by the whistle’s unusual sliding valve.
Posted in Archives, all posts, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Linked in/neat stuff, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Music & musicians, N.Y. Wire/Whistle, Nostalgia & memories, People, Unsung/obscure sites, War, World War II
Tagged American War Mothers monument, Calvary Temple Assembly of God, Hanover, Karl Alex Smyser, Ken Ludwig, Kennethy Road, New York Wire, New York Wire factory whistle, Norman Coulson, Penn Park, Pfaltzgraff
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Youngsters, now well-known York countians, enjoy the snow. Can you ID them?
This photo from the early 1960s in Warrington Township near Conewago Creek provides an opportunity to think of cool things. It also is an opportunity to see Mike Kochenour, president and CEO of York, Pa., Traditions Bank, in his youth. He’s seen fourth from left. But who is that now-county official pictured second from left?
Posted in All politics is local, Archives, all posts, For photo fans, History video channel, Linked in/neat stuff, Local landmarks, Mail bag, Nostalgia & memories, Unsung/obscure sites, War, World War II
Tagged Doug Hoke, Lincoln Memorial, Mike Kochenour, Penn Park, Steam into History, War Mothers Memorial, York Traditions Bank
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Penn Park’s Penn-Coates Memorial better known as the York, Pa., park’s ‘caretaker’s home’
This blocky building in York, Pennsylvania’s, Penn Park is weather beaten or, well, just looks beaten up today. But when The Penn-Coates Memorial appeared on the cover of its dedication brochure on Sept. 25, 1926, it was a welcome sight.
William C. Goodridge: ‘One of the coolest guys you’d ever want to learn about’ – York County treasures, Part III
The William C. Goodridge Freedom House and Underground Railroad Museum, one of several historic sites relating to minorities in women in York County, is undergoing renovations
Posted in Archives, all posts, Black history, Books & reading, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Genealogy/research, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, People, Uncategorized, Underground Railroad, Unsung/obscure sites, Women's history
Tagged Camp Security, Goodridge House, Native Lands Park, Penn Park, Susquehannocks, Underground Railroad, William C. Goodridge, William C. Goodridge Freedom House, Willis House
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