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York Pennsylvania
York, Pennsylvania is located at 39°57'46" North, 76°43'41" West (39.962692, -76.728043)1. It may have been either the first, second, third or fourth Capital of the United States! More importantly, Was York, Pennsylvania the home of one of the first web logging dudes?
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Want to know who's blogging or creating websites in or about York, Pennsylvania? See
- GeoURL Blogs located near Notebulb in York, Pa.
- learn how to use GeoURL to encode your blog or website to find neighbors or bloggers near your location.
- You also may enjoy the following pages:
- Fun Facts of York - Some fun facts to know and tell about York, Pennsylvania.
- Was York the first capital? - We look at this question more closely.
- Blog maps of York is a really nice map showing other York bloggers and web sites.
- Deadmalls.com highlights commentaries on the largest of these bygone malls -- the York Mall.
- Spangler Home near York, Pa. where the Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren in Christ met in 1791. Photograph, early 20th century.
- Philip Otterbein while still a pastor in York, Pennsylvania, attends a barn meeting near Lancaster, hears Martin Boehm and crys "Wir sind Brüder" (we are brothers), an action that preceeds the formation of the United Brethern and ultimately, the United Methodist Chruch.
- Would you believe that York, Pennsylvania actually the First Capital of the United States? How about the Second Capital? ... Read More.
- Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early writes about his activities preceding the campaign at Gettysburg
Next morning (June 28th, 1863), General Gordon marched into the town of York without opposition, and I proceeded with the rest of the command by the way of Weigelstown, leaving Dover to my left. At Weigelstown, I dispatched Colonel French with the greater part of his cavalry to the mouth of the Conewago, to burn two railroad bridges at that point and all others between there and York, and then proceeded on to York, sending Hays' and Smith's brigades into camp at Lauck's Mills, near the railroad, some 2 miles north of the town. Avery's command was marched into the town, and put into quarters in some extensive buildings put up for hospitals. I here met with General Gordon, and repeated to him my instructions to proceed to the Susquehanna and secure the Columbia Bridge, if possible, and he moved in that direction with his command.
I then made a requisition upon the authorities for 2,000 pairs of shoes, 1,000 hats, 1,000 pairs of socks, $100.000 in money, and three days' rations of all kinds. Subsequently between 1,200 and 1,500 pairs of shoes, the hats, socks, and rations, were furnished, but only $28,600 in money was furnished, which was paid to my quartermaster (Major [C. E.] Snodgrass), the mayor and other authorities protesting their inability to get any more money, as it had all been run off previously, and I was satisfied they made an honest effort to raise the amount called for.
- York Census Information
- Perhaps York wasn't the first capital and perhaps we didn't produce the first blogger, however, John Shelley, one of the founding fathers of the "blog" inhabits our fair countryside! John, whose more recent journal entries have entered a more zealous realm, may have not been the first blogger, but Mr. Shelley appears to be in with the originating group for the unique web consuetude.
- See also: Many more Fun Facts about York.