The Hamilton Township Public Library's Local History Collection's "CHAMBERSBURG" digital history folder now contains 214 entries and occupies a respectable 153 megabytes of space in the Local History Collection, and is constantly expanding. There will be a near future on screen presentation on the Chambersburg we all knew and loved as soon as I can format and add them in to the very popular "Chambersburg" onscreen presentation which I presented a few years ago. In the article above, we read of Robert Chambers erecting a hotel at South Broad and Cass Streets. The Chambersburg of South Clinton Avenue, Dye Street, Mott, Bayard, etc. came along much later than the area settled by Robert Chambers.
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HI TOM....EVIDENTLY THE RIBSON FAMILY OWNED A GOOD PORTION OF THE AREA CALLED CHAMBERSBURG. I RECALL THE MANY ACTIVITES HELD AT RIBSON FIELD, THE GROUND WHERE THE PRESENT TRENTON HIGH IS BUILT. AMONG OTHER THINGS THE BARNUM AND BAILY CIRCUS WAS THERE EACH YEAR AND I CAN RECALL PLANES FLYING OVERHEAD AND DROPPING CANDY BARS. WE ALWAYS HELPED THE CIRCUS PEOPLE AND RECEIVED TICKETS TO THE SHOW. I BELIEVE COLUMBUS PARK GREW MORE POPULAR AFTER RIBSON FIELD WAS DEVELOPED. BEST REGARDS.
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