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Shoe Wizard Mahlon Haines’ life sparked new blogger’s interest in York County...

Newly minted Yorkblogger Stephen H. Smith is offering to share his considerable knowledge of York County history via YorksPast. This card shows the lineup of topics he is offering. He is one of...

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Looking forward to Dallastown’s ‘Main Street, the Sequel’

This image comes from the Dallastown Historical Society’s Flickr site titled ‘WW2 Parade “up” Main St.’ It shows vets of World War II marching along Route 74 in Dallastown. ‘I think this one is the...

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Among recent celebrity visitors, Brooks Robinson topped them all: Linked in...

Neat stuff below: York Fair/York County Shopping Center/’A Day in the Sun’ When celebrities visit York, there’s a good chance that history will remember them. Consider all the U.S. presidents who have...

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Beautiful Shady Lane estate beautiful even in the rain: Linked in to York...

More stuff inside: Spielberg’s visit/Shady Lane/Continental Square Rain pelted historic Shady Lane on Tuesday, prompting estate owner Steve Kohr to write on Facebook: ‘The spring house wall just came...

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Old Electric Map lifted up, then settles into new Hanover home: Linked in to...

More stuff below: Cuban Missile Crisis/Little Green Church/Halloween Parade A piece of the Electric Map, late of Gettysburg and how with a Hanover address, is lifted to the second floor of the former...

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York newspaper endorsement of Ronald Reagan represented break with support of...

The York Daily Record’s endorsement of Ronald Reagan’s presidency in 1984 broke a string of Democratic presidential endorsements, or in the years immediately before the Reagan-Mondale election, no...

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Lincoln links: Check out these 6 leads to York/Adams stories about Abraham...

The appropriately named James Getty is the best known living historian portraying Abraham Lincoln in southcentral Pennsylvania. Here, he speaks with visitors at the Gettysburg National Military Park...

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Spry Grammar School grads true to their school: Linked in to history, 1/3/12

Neat stuff below: Steam into History/Diehl’s Candy/Central Market The Spry Grammar School Committee observed the centennial of the building of their York Township school in 1912. The school, demolished...

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Lincoln Woods Inn waitresses enjoyed meeting John F. Kennedy: Linked in to...

More stuff below: Civil War 150/Noted scientists from York/Exit Interviews John F. Kennedy, presidential candidate John F. Kennedy, met fans at Lincoln Woods Inn in a 1960 visit to York County. Pat...

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

‘The last time Lincoln traveled to Gettysburg, it was on a train. This time around, he came wrapped up in a big red box,’ The Hanover Evening Sun story on a new exhibit stated last week. ‘The...

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Rocks in the Glen turns into town where things happen, Part III

Glen Rock, Pa., residents experienced a retro weekend recently, with the return of the music of one of its most famous citizens and the return of a train to the town’s well-worn tracks. Here, Dr. Lee...

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Yorkers are discovering Brigadoon-like Bedford, Pa.

The Bedford Springs Hotel is a must-visit if you’re in Bedford, Pa. The Omni resort takes you back 150 years when President James Buchanan visited there. You don’t have to stay there to enjoy the...

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You’ve heard the New York Wire factory whistle. But have you seen it?

Linked in/Neat stuff: Teddy Roosevelt’s visit/Chestnut Hill Cafe Many York countians have heard the mournful New York Wire factory steam whistle on Christmas Eve. But to see it? Well, that’s rare. You...

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JFK chose a hot topic in 1960 York Fair campaign visit: the Cold War

Many people today remember being in the audience when John F. Kennedy visited the York, Pa., Fair in his quest for the presidency in 1960. Not as well remembered was the visit by his GOP opponent,...

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By Civil War’s end, York County finally lined up with Abraham Lincoln

This is one of York County, Pa.’s most enduring controversies. Is that Abraham Lincoln wearing the stovepipe hat in the center of this photo? The president changed trains on his way to and from...

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Trains, stations and the Gettysburg Address

This is the scene from York County, Pa.’s, Hanover Junction believed to have been made by a photographer on the day that Abraham Lincoln traveled through York County to Gettysburg to deliver his Nov....

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Gettysburg Address 150: Check out these 5 memorable story and photo links

This York, Pa., Daily Record/Sunday News graphic gives seven Gettysburg sites to see – whether it’s in this season of Gettysburg Address 150 or anytime. (Press control/+ on your keyboard to enlarge)....

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Lincoln’s Address 150: Check out 5 more memorable story and photo/video links

The German Reformed Church Cemetery in Hanover, Pa., was the site of 11 Union fighting men who fell in the Battle of Hanover on June 30, 1863. Their bodies were later exhumed and reburied in the...

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Gettysburg 150, Nov. 19 edition: 6 best story, photo and video links

Presidents are in the news this week. Nov. 19 is famously the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. That was 150 Nov. 19s ago. Here, a newspaper photograph shows candidate John F....

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Gettysburg Dedication Day 150: 6 best story, photo and video links

An Abraham Lincoln re-enactor does not speak, but listens in the Nov. 19 observance of the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. Events linked to the 150th continue this week in Gettysburg. For...

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