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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 search of Potato Town, York County’s agricultural ghost town, Part Last: Linked in to history, 4/25/13
Yorktownsquare.com covers Brook Leaf Love Nest Tree House, more about Gettysburg 150, how to crack a safe and more about Potato Town, in North Codorus Township.
Posted in Archives, all posts, Civil War, Explanations/controversy, Farms & fields, Linked in/neat stuff, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Made in York, Mail bag, Nostalgia & memories, People, Unsung/obscure sites, War
Tagged Brook Leaf Love Nest, Eugene Segro, Fred Beihl, Gettysburg 150, Jimmy Sheets, North Codorus Township, Potato Town, Queen Elizabeth II, York Safe & Lock
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York Safe & Lock: If you have a locked safe, how do you get it open?
Auctioneer and appraiser answers two questions about York Safe & Lock safes: How do I open a locked safe and how do I find the combination to a safe.
York Safe & Lock: How can I find information on my York-made safe?
York County auctioneer is expert on York Safe & Lock safes, locks and vaults.
Common question: How do I crack my York Safe & Lock safe?
York, Pa.’s artisan Othmar Carli stands before one of his restoration projects – a 5,000-pound steel safe. The safe is one of many York Safe & Lock-made vaults dotting York County and the world. The old safes continue to attract … Continue reading
Old plow aids in planting of new Glen Rock museum: Linked in with neat history stuff, Feb. 1, 2012
Here’s the history of the recently opened historical museum in southern York County’s Glen Rock, according to borough historian John Huffnagel: ‘During the Sesquicentennial, Harold Fritz brought a plow made in Glen Rock in the 1880s into Sesquicentennial Headquarters for … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, all posts, Bad weather, Civil War, For photo fans, Harley-Davidson, Linked in/neat stuff, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Made in York, Music and musicians, Nostalgia & memories, People, Small-town life, Uncategorized, War, York Safe & Lock
Tagged Glen Rock, Haines Shoe House, Harley-Davidson, Joan Concilio, Joe Paterno, Scott Mingus, Shoe House, York Safe & Lock
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10 more questions to test your York smarts, 2011 edition
This journalist got his start for the The Gazette and Daily (which he’s holding) under 0wner J.W. Gitt when no other daily newspaper would hire him. He went on to international fame, and a foundation today carries his name with … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, all posts, Black history, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Genealogy/research, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Longtime York families, Made in York, Nostalgia & memories, People, School days, York celebrities
Tagged Brook Leaf Love Nest, Forry Laucks, Kreutz Creek, Penn Park, Rhodes Scholars, Robert Maynard, The Gazette and Daily, U.S. Census, Valley View Park, World War I, York County Academy, York Safe & Lock
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