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.
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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