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York County, Pa., History Mystery: This old, historic iron bridge intrigues people

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Jim McClure

Post by York Daily Record/Sunday News. Who would’ve thought that an old iron bridge would have generated so much interest. (Check out the likes, comments and shares ). But its popularity just reflects that many people have seen it, driven … Continue reading →

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Views of the York Gazette’s old East King Street site, then and now

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Jim McClure

Linked in/Neat stuff: Patriots who sacrificed much/Stewartstown Railroad updated The old York Gazette building is another of the turn-of-the-20th century (or before) buildings that was pulled down in York, Pa., in the 1960s and 1970s. Many of the irreplaceable buildings … Continue reading →

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Broadway in Hanover: Then & Now. With snow & without

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Jim McClure

Just in time for tonight’s anticipated blizzard, here’s another in the Evening Sun’s then-and-now scenes of Hanover: Picturing History. This is Broadway in Hanover, 1902 v. today. Those snow piles would point to a pretty big storm at the turn of the last century. As for Picturing History, journalism Christine Loman writes: ‘The question behind this project is simple: What does change look like?’ She and Evening Sun photographer Shane Dunlap have shown us just that.

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Trees, trains and chainsaws merge in Stewartstown, Pa.

Posted on February 9, 2014 by Jim McClure

Volunteers often work on historic Stewartstown Railroad’s station and rail line on weekends in this southeastern York County town. So in the aftermath of last week’s ice storm, they saw up branches that came down atop the station. It was just a different way of working on the railroad,

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York County’s 3 rail excursion experiences: Can we sustain them?

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Jim McClure

The Stewartstown Railroad opened its station and offered motorcar rides earlier this month. The railroad will do so gain today, weather permitting. It is one of three railroads in York County to offer excursion rides of some type.

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When a York, Pa., Santa smelled like Noxema and witch hazel

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Jim McClure

This photo is framed and hangs in the homes of York County, Pa., sisters Joan Bitzer and Carolyn Fink Mosser. It is part of a story that crosses several icons from York County’s past – the Christmas shopping season, Santa’s arrival in York via airplane and his climb up the ladder to Bon-Ton.

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Fifty years ago, York, Pa., group headed to Freedom Day in Washington, D.C.

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Jim McClure

Voni B Grimes brought by this photograph showing Freedom Day bus captains from York, Pa., going to the March on Washington for Freedom and Jobs in August 1963. The bus captains going to what became that famous day 50 years ago, from left: Raymond Ritter, Ivan Reeves, Grimes, Roger Tyler and Richard Boyer.

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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.

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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.

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1 more quick fact about East Market Street’s Welcome to York sign: Linked in to history, Nov. 25, 2012

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Jim McClure

Yorktownsquare.com covers Market Street Welcome to York signs, Stewartstown Railroad open houses, Hearts and Minds’ Bookstore 30th anniversary and a visit with departing Congressman Todd Platts.

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