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Saturday, February 21, 2015

1872: A FASCINATING BIRD'S EYEVIEW OF "THE BURG" WHEN IT WAS RURAL

The streets are quite familiar but the open space sure isn't. This extract from an old Henry R Fell map gives one a good idea of just what the Chambersburg area looked like back in the 1860's and 70's. Quite a few of my news clippings have interviews with old times who remember the area as being orchards, corn fields and open space