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Susquehanna River bridges: ‘Just thought you might enjoy’: Linked in to...
More stuff below: Der Belsnickel/Harrisburg home tour/Shoney’s The bridges of the Susquehanna are of great interest to history lovers. Don Wiles submitted this old postcard of the mortally damaged...
View ArticleBridge lanterns along York County’s Susquehanna Trail: ‘We get a lot of...
What appears to be a lamp or lantern stands in a stately way outside Wagman Companies Inc. building on the Susquehanna Trail, north of York. A sister lantern is around the corner on Canal Road near...
View ArticleFifty years ago, York, Pa., group headed to Freedom Day in Washington, D.C.
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...
View ArticleAt Duncannon’s Red Rabbit, it’s OK to ask for extra Bunny Dust
The Red Rabbit experience awaits motorists traveling on Route 322 about 15 miles north of Harrisburg. It’s, indeed, an experience. A delicious experience. The drive-in’s motto? ‘Make Red Rabbit a...
View ArticleCheck out your York Smarts about famous area athletes from the past
Post by York Daily Record/Sunday News. York countians value – and remember – their athletes. That’s particularly so when you quiz residents on those who excelled locally or nationally. This athlete...
View Article10 links and pictures that tell the story about Tom Wolf’s inauguration
York, Pa., Daily Record/Sunday News photographers captured a bunch of compelling photographs and videos at the inauguration and post-event party. Editors judged this pictured by Paul Kuehnel as the...
View ArticlePresidential candidate Jimmy Carter didn’t stop in York in 1976, but York...
Robert G. Leichliter, then-York City School Board president in York City and candidate for a state representative seat, met Jimmy Carter in Harrisburg in September 1976. Less than two months later,...
View ArticleYork’s and Harrisburg’s nightlife stories intersect and run parallel
Linked in/Neat stuff: Civil War hero John Henry Denig’s bridge/Gold panning in York County Harrisburg, Pennsylvania’s capital city, is busy at night in this scene. York’s recent downtown story...
View ArticleThis granite bear stands primed for action: Where in York County, Pa., can...
Here’s this week’s History Mystery question: This is surely one of York County, Pa.’s most unusual tombstones. Where does this granite bear stand? But here’s a tougher one: Do you know its story?...
View ArticleWhere is the ‘Red Land’ region, as in the Red Land Little League champs?
In history, Red Land, Redland or Redlands, home of the Little League World Series U.S. champs, has been viewed as residing in York County’s northern tip, loosely following the lines of the West Shore...
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