The present Rose Bowl stadium hosted its initial Rose Bowl Game on Monday January 1, 1923. Penn State played the University of Southern California in the game. Penn State scored the first three points in that stadium, however USC went on to win 14 to 3. For that 1923 game,
After all trolley service in York County ended February 4th, 1939, several plans were considered for improving traffic flow thru Continental Square. A roundabout plan was implemented and stayed in effect until a straight-thru traffic plan was put in place July 7, 1946. The shown January 10, 1939 plan was
This is one of the slides in the October History Night presentation about stations, stops, and stories of “Rails through Springettsbury.” The circa 1939 roadwork photo provided several questions in the queue of one-on-one discussions later in the evening. This post provides expanded answers and additional illustrations to clarify those
This is a recent early spring view looking down on Center Square in York, Pennsylvania. Is it spelled Center or Centre Square, and when was the name Continental Square adopted? In colonial times, a Court House and market sheds occupied the square in York Town. As a result, in the
Springettsbury History Night event on Wednesday evening October 12, 2022 is in the York Area United Fire and Rescue Meeting Room, located at 50 Commons Drive (rear of building), York, PA 17402, at 7:00 P.M. The event will focus on the history and impact of railroad and trolley service; where
A previous exploration of Round Top Road to the hilltop property, north of Wrightsville, was done to understand the placement location of a concrete Lincoln Highway marker in 1928. In response to that post, Mike Spyker shared a telephoto of the Roundtop mansion, taken from Marietta in 2014. And, Gwyn
York Council of Boy Scouts, Troop 15, replaced a wood post, with a concrete Lincoln Highway marker, opposite the A. R. Gross Store in Hallam on September 1, 1928; as reported in newspapers and Lincoln Highway Association notes of that time. Research via deeds and newspapers was used to pinpoint
John P. Julius got into the retail music business during 1884; and some Yorkers probably remember Julius Music still operating at multiple locations into the 1970s. In 1905, J. P. Julius was first owner of an electric car in York. Julius Music sold the first radio purchased in York during
York Council of Boy Scouts, Troop 15, installed a concrete Lincoln Highway marker near the west corner of Dr. Crandall’s resort on September 1, 1928; as reported in newspapers and Lincoln Highway Association notes of that time. Deed research and historic aerial photos are used to pinpoint where that marker
William Reed submitted several photos of the first Jeep undergoing testing at the Army’s Holabird Motor Transport Depot in Baltimore, and shared an inadvertent connection his father, Bill, had with that testing. The body portion, for driver and passengers, of the first Jeeps ever made were fabricated at the York-Hoover