Gap Town Clock. Seth Thomas clock, purchased in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, October 16, 1872 and placed on top of Hall Building. Relocated on 65 ft. tower 1892. Interested Gap Citizens saved clock when state officials found clock standing on their right-of-way during construction of Route 41. Clock moved to present location September 10, 1953.
Thanks for the pretty B. card you sent me. I got several cards + letters. Do not get much time to write letters. Ho have you both been? I am O.K. Alsies have to move. Do not know where they will go. Have not planted much garden as I do not get home very early in the eveings. Come down some Sunday. I hope I shall be home.
Gap, Pennsylvania, The Gap Town Clock overlooking William Penn's entrance into Conestoga, (now Lancaster County) in 1701. The Seth thomas Clock purchased in 1872 was relocated on this 65 foot tower in 1892. To make way for a new road it was moved to this site in 1953 by interested citizens of Gap, Pa.
Photograph- Barry Girvin presenting a copy of his paper to Mr. Robert Bailey and daughter Sharon Bailey Girvin, descendants of Robert Bailey, at Bailey gravesite.
Photograph- Barry Girvin presenting a copy of his paper to Mr. Robert Bailey and daughter Sharon Bailey Girvin, descendants of Robert Bailey, at Bailey gravesite.
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Barry Girvin presenting a copy of his paper to Mr. Robert Bailey and daughter Sharon Bailey Girvin, descendants of Robert Bailey, at Bailey gravesite.
Photograph- Giant oak tree at Pequea Presbyterian Church under which Geo. Whitefield is said to have preached. The three men standing under the tree are identified as Mayor McCaskey, H. F. E. and Watson Ellmaker.
Photograph- Giant oak tree at Pequea Presbyterian Church under which Geo. Whitefield is said to have preached. The three men standing under the tree are identified as Mayor McCaskey, H. F. E. and Watson Ellmaker.
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Giant oak tree at Pequea Presbyterian Church under which Geo. Whitefield is said to have preached. The three men standing under the tree are identified as Mayor McCaskey, H. F. E. and Watson Ellmaker.