A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....2

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Having that information about your having lived there for a while in your life, as well as the family's connection to that street, added a whole other level to appreciation of that picture. Very, very nice to know, sir. Care to share with us some of the memories you have of having been there? How did it feel; what was it like?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Having that information about your having lived there for a while in your life, as well as the family's connection to that street, added a whole other level to appreciation of that picture. Very, very nice to know, sir. Care to share with us some of the memories you have of having been there? How did it feel; what was it like?

Walking to school and about what is still a nice small town - very much the classic small PA town then and now; years spent with the grandparents learning a very different set of experiences from those I later had in suburbia. Lot of local history there that many don't know about today. And, while those tracks were long gone in the street out front (grandmother would tell me about when they were there...and you could see traces...) there was still service across the street by the RR and the main line was (is) visible from the back porch. A barn to explore and play in.....and then the property that they owned up the valley that I still own and visit weekly. Gave me experiences and knowledge bases unlike that suburbia life. I spent summers there through junior and senior high until I got a job.....splitting firewood, and then working way beyond full time for a landscaping company and sod farm operation.

[healey36]

Looks like a great spot to have had access to a bicycle, Rufus.

Man, you can feel the sun on your face in that picture...pretty great.

Healey

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Looks like a great spot to have had access to a bicycle, Rufus.

I was living in suburbia for several years before I got a very used bicycle; forget what grade that was - it was laughable to the other kids, but it was all I could have then. I did not get another until I was in grad school.

Man, you can feel the sun on your face in that picture...pretty great.

Healey

I forgot to mention that there was then and still is a large playground//park behind the houses in the foreground that is actually out to the road well before those houses; used to go to the Legion ball games over there with my grandfather.

[HONDO74]

I did spend some time this morning after you had posted the picture on Google maps. I think I may have found it but I am not sure. If I knew what hundred block it was in I might be able to find it. A whole lot has changed since that picture was taken...

[E7]

Presume Carlisle St. is RT 11? aka the Ritner Highway.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Presume Carlisle St. is RT 11? aka the Ritner Highway.

No. Rt. 11 actually by-passes Greencastle. Town center is Carlisle St. and Rt. 16 (Buchanan Trail).

Here's the house - corner of N. Carlisle & Mifflin Lane.



Changed a lot - now a multi-unit apartment with 2 front entrances and who knows how many apartments - used to be a white wood fence along Mifflin Lane but that's all gone and now part of the yard is being used for parking - back half of the yard used all be gardens.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[E7]

Presume Carlisle St. is RT 11? aka the Ritner Highway.

No. Rt. 11 actually by-passes Greencastle. Town center is Carlisle St. and Rt. 16 (Buchanan Trail).

Here's the house - corner of N. Carlisle & Mifflin Lane.

Changed a lot - now a multi-unit apartment with 2 front entrances and who knows how many apartments - used to be a white wood fence along Mifflin Lane but that's all gone and now part of the yard is being used for parking - back half of the yard used all be gardens.

Been quite a while since I last visited Greencastle (obviously) and I didn't recall. Seems like the changes have been kinder there than the other end of the equation. (Carlisle)

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[HONDO74]

GRAND ARMY of what ??

[Rufus T. Firefly]

GRAND ARMY of what ??

GRAND ARMY BAND of GETTYSBURG at the 121ST NY MONUMENT.

[HONDO74]

GRAND ARMY of what ??

GRAND ARMY BAND of GETTYSBURG at the 121ST NY MONUMENT.

Looking at their helmets I thought they were Germans.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

GRAND ARMY of what ??

GRAND ARMY BAND of GETTYSBURG at the 121ST NY MONUMENT.

Looking at their helmets I thought they were Germans.

They probably were. We had a lot of German immigrants in this country.