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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...
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How a bird saw prime York County farmland in 1970: Linked in with neat...
For years, The Gazette and Daily produced annual calendars with interesting photographs from around York County, Pa. This aerial scene from the calendar’s November 1970 entry shows a photograph...
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Thaddeus Stevens’ first Pennsylvania stop came at the York County Academy:...
More stuff below: Articles of Confederation/Stewartstown Railroad/Cuban Missile Crisis Thaddeus Stevens is becoming known to many through Steven Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln’ film. Former York City official...
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Antiques demonstrate York County’s, Central Pa.’s connection with animal world
Linked in/Neat Stuff: Abe’s autograph/Centralia revisited/History mystery photo What is it about animals that captures the attention of everyday folks – and antique collectors? Antiquing is a Central...
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Starbucks will observe its 20th anniversary in York County next year. Time...
Linked in/Neat stuff: PeoplesBank first home/Keystone Tombstones, Vol. 3 At York Town Square, we like serendipity. When we ran across this aerial photo of the Starbucks roasting plant in East...
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York County USO sought to ease issues facing World War II boys coming home
This list, found in a York County (Pa.) USO’s newsletter on file at the York County Heritage Trust, provides a tongue-in-cheek account of services provided by hostesses at the Serviceman’s Club and...
View ArticleHow to show off your York, Pa., smarts around the holiday table
Post by York Daily Record/Sunday News. So you’re sitting around the table or Christmas tree with loved ones and talk turns to York, Pa. Here is a History Mystery trivia quiz so everyone can show off...
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When York College’s campus was small, and those reservoirs on the hill were...
When I was gathering content for a couple of recent posts about York College of Pennsylvania, I cam across several interesting pieces of information about this longtime York County institution. Such...
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‘Middle of Everywhere’ brand for York County works. Because we are.
Linked in/Neat stuff: Handing off a buttery York Fair charter/York Fair in World War II York, Pa., and York County, Pa., continue in their search for an identity. It appears the ‘Creativity Unleashed’...
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York Little Theatre lowered its arts & acting anchor at the old Elmwood...
This York Daily Record’s photo gallery featuring the York Little Theatre, the former Elmwood Theater makes you wonder about that old, but vastly remodeled moviehouse’s past. Its Belmont Street...
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York Airport’s runway: A rare view of its other end
Anyone who has driven on Route 30, the old Lincoln Highway, west of York is familiar with the York Airport. Planes come in right over the roof of your car. But what’s at the other end of the runway?...
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Testing your knowledge about York, Pa., history: Where did York County...
Other quizzes below: What’s that umbrella doing in an area church/York’s fatal Lassa fever case History Mystery: When York Little Theatre was five years old, it operated out of the late 1700s York...
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