York Town Square

…Navy rear admiral – Dr. Guy Leader Hovis, 1960, physicist – Arthur Glatfelter, 1942, Glatfelter Insurance Co., philanthropist – Christopher Rojahn, civil engineer, earthquake expert – Frederick Miesterfeld, 1955, inventor,…

…as the Glen Rock Mill Inn. It can also be argued from history. Charles Glatfelter wrote in “Salute This Happy Morn: A History of the Glen Rock Carol Singers” that…

…new visitor’s center at Gettysburg (Pa.) National Park. Q&A on new Gettysburg visitor center, old Electric Map, Thousands discover formerly unheralded Howard Tunnel and Glatfelter, Farquhar, Shipley: Insights from local…

This turbine, also known as a runner, was manufactured at Voith Siemens Hydro’s West Manchester Township plant in 2006. (See related photo below.) Background posts: Glatfelter, Smith top industrial legacy…

…Congress that year. Edward Reineberg operated a shoe store at 19 S. George St. in York. Dallastown’s Glatfelter Furniture was in there, also advertising the W.F. Glatfelter Funeral Home, where…

…could start up during the turmoil of the Civil War? As it turns out, the Civil War aided the advent of Glatfelter paper in Spring Grove. Glatfelter exec and Cannonball…

…Mingus previews an upcoming York Civil War Roundtable where yours truly will speak. Forum topic of the day: Give your reflections on Glatfelter paper over the years, tied into news…

…suggested he access Armand Glatfelter’s books on nearby Seven Valleys. If it happened around there, Glatfelter wrote about it. If anyone has any information on John S. Henry, please comment….

…far surpasses the thousand mark. Civil War: No count ever made, but historian Charles Glatfelter wrote that more than 6,000 York countians served in uniform. The death toll probably was…

…plan. The Shipley story is particularly interesting. Jacob Loucks helped form York Manufacturing Company, and P.H. Glatfelter bailed out the company in the 1880s. Loucks’ grandson became the highest-ranking general…