Tag Archives: Steam into History

Antiquarian Joe Kindig to talk about his life, family and York history – Linked in with neat history stuff, May 17, 2012

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Jim McClure

Antiques expert Joe Kindig, spotlighted in ‘Antiques and the Arts Weekly’ will be featured in a York County, Pa., Heritage Trust event, ‘A Conversation with … Joe Kindig’ on Saturday June 1, 2013. ‘Without his inquisitive nature,’ a Trust newsletter states, ‘the Golden Plough Tavern might not have been restored to its Colonial roots.’

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Gettysburg 150th – Can you locate this unsung Civil War monument in York County, Pa.? Linked in with neat history stuff, May 15, 2012

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Jim McClure

*A photograph captures the Civil War statue at Salem Square in the western part of York City. It honors the York Rifles, a local unit that responded early in both the Civil War and American Revolution.

Posted in All politics is local, Archives, all posts, Civil War, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Linked in/neat stuff, Local landmarks, Underground Railroad, Unsung/obscure sites, War | Tagged George Leader, Salem Square, Steam into History, Stewartstown Railroad, Tom Ridge, York Rifles | Leave a comment

Gettysburg’s old Electric Map: How many lights dotted the battlefield? Linked in to York County, Pa., history, 5/7/13

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Jim McClure

Yorktownsquare.com covers a new book touching on the Hex Murder, the status of the old Gettysburg Electric Map now in Hanover and a query about the Susquehanna River ferry at Wrightsville.

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How one photograph teaches lesson about change in York County, Part II – Linked in to York County history, 4/12/13

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Jim McClure

Yorktownsquare.com covers the old Lincoln Highway Garage, updates Steam into History’s excursion train and provides fate of the forgotten ficus tree of York County, Pennsylvania.

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Working on Steam into History’s railroad – Linked in to York County history, 4/11/13

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Jim McClure

Yorktownsquare.com covers Roundtown’s one-room school, the 40th anniversary of the Vietnam War, YDR/WGAL’s town meeting and working on Steam into History’s railroad

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Hex Murder witchcraft trials … ‘and they happened in York County’: Linked in to York County, Pa., history, 3/27/13

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Jim McClure

It will be an interesting night in Glen Rock, Pa., when J. Ross McGinnis takes the podium in April to talk about the Hex Murder of 1928. McGinnis is an attorney with a gift for spinning a tale – only a true, terrible tale in this case. He will tell how three young assailants attacked suspected witch Nelson Rehmeyer to break a spell in a remote hollow not far from Glen Rock, Pennsylvania.

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Abraham Lincoln skips train, arrives in Gettysburg in big red box

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Jim McClure

Private and public interests are preparing exhibits, museums and even an excursion railroad for the approaching 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.

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Steam into History Inc.’s locomotive is steaming into York County’s story

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Jim McClure

Construction of a locomotive that will give the steam for Steam into History’s excursion service will be finished in time for the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg in mid-2013.