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Linked in/Neat stuff, below: Ever hear of Myrtle Louise Stonesifer-King?/Year of Pa. barns

Jacobus, Pa., is York County’s newest incorporated town – a little known fact. The borough came about in 1929, when its name was changed from New Paradise. As the story goes, postmaster Jacob Geiselman came up with Jacob U.S. after mail mix ups with Paradise in Lancaster County. So Jacob U.S. became Jacobus. The borough is noteworthy for its growth, in part from the migration of folks from Maryland. Its population increased from about 1,200 to 1,800 from 2000 to 2010. Of course, people have moved through Jacobus for years. It was stop on the Joppa Road, the main route connecting York and Baltimore. Now Jacobus is the subject of a York Daily Record/Sunday News quiz: How well do you know Jacobus? Also of interest: How downtown Jacobus changed in the 1980s.

Other neat, unrelated stuff from all over (if photos don’t appear on your mobile device, click on date) … .

Ever hear of actress Myrtle Louise Stonesifer-King? She has been described as  avant-garde writer, playwright and musician who spent her early and later years in Littlestown, Adams County. She has her own star in front of her 14 S. Queen Street home in Littlestown. Now, members of The M.L.S. King Living Legacy Guild are seen in front of her former house. They’re looking to raise money via a nonprofit group to purchase the house. They’ll then turn it into a museum. All the information is on a M.L.S. King website. Here she is with Groucho Marx in which she mentions she’s from Littlestown. Also of interest: Cameron Mitchell, Craig Sheffer and Dixie Chick born here.

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A little different: Do what you can with what you have … .

 

Meet the Lancaster artist who made a 39-panel mural out of prison bed sheets. http://t.co/3sMgZGFjTD pic.twitter.com/ie3rObycao

— WITF (@WITF) May 1, 2015

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Yes, very old: Try 1878 … .

Overheard, g-ma to girl: “That’s a very old building, but it’s very well taken care of.” @yorkhstory @JamesMcClure pic.twitter.com/BsV304XvlX — Flint McColgan (@FlintMcColgan) May 1, 2015

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Did you know? Barns are the star of this year … .

Lawmakers designated 2015 as the year of the Pennsylvania barn http://t.co/Zc8WGEfKrf @lillianereed @JamesMcClure pic.twitter.com/g7JS7PuhbU

— Katy Petiford (@kpetiford) May 2, 2015

History Mystery: Abe in York County … .