Gettysburg Battlefield
The Gettysburg Battlefield is the area of the July 1–3, 1863, military engagements of the Battle of Gettysburg within and around the borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Locations of military engagements extend from the site of the first shot ...
Round Top Branch
The Round Top Branch was an extension of the Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad from the Gettysburg borough across the Gettysburg Battlefield to Round Top, Pennsylvania. The branch ran southward from the terminus of the railroad's main line (it ...
trolley
Trolley may refer to:
Vehicles and components
* Tram, or trolley or streetcar, a rail vehicle that runs on tramway tracks
* Trolleybus, or trolley, an electric bus drawing power from overhead wires using trolley poles
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tourists visiting nearby military sites of the
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg () was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. In the battle, Union Major General George Meade's Army of the Po ...
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History
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excursion
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s to the "hill" in June 1884 Ephram H. Minnigh was the park manager) and on July 4 Colonel John H. McClellan held a free ox roast at the park's "great Railroad pic-nic" for donations to benefit the
Carlisle Indian Industrial School
The United States Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, generally known as Carlisle Indian Industrial School, was the flagship Indian boarding school in the United States from 1879 through 1918. It took over the historic Carlisle ...
. The park had a large covered pavilion on June 17, 1884; a "large dining pavilion" completed on July 29, 188 a "dance house" (dancing pavilion) by August 12, 1884; and a cook house. Amusements at Round Top Park included target shootin and its " Carousel, Merry-Go-Round" was offered for sale in 189 In 1886, the Gettysburg Battlefield#Memorial association era, Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association purchased "the grove in and around Round To !-- , quote=''Round Top Park: The Battlefield Memorial Association have expended a good deal of money in the purchase and preservation of the grove in and around Round Top. … cannot be used for picnic purposes without the assent of the Association'' and after the 1889 Pennsylvania Reserves reunion in the pavilio the GBMA removed the buildings in 1896. On July 4, 1900, the former Round Top Park was used by th Tacony Rifles' 1900 Gettysburg Compiler article2000 "Out of the Past") /ref> The nearby Round Top, Pennsylvania, Cunningham Grove was acquired by a
United States Department of War
The United States Department of War, also called the War Department (and occasionally War Office in the early years), was the United States Cabinet department originally responsible for the operation and maintenance of the United States Army, a ...
lawsuit, Round Top Park was voluntarily transferred to the War Dept from the GBMA, and in the late 20th century the nearby Hudson Grove and Rosensteel Park were acquired by the
National Park Service
The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages all national parks, most national monuments, and other natural, historical, and recreational propertie ...
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References
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{{Cite web , last=Krauth , first=Jno M, et al (GBMA secretaries) , date=January 5, 1892 , title=Executive Committee Minutes of the Gettysburg Battlefield Association , url=http://www.gdg.org/Research/Monuments/gbmaminutes.html , format=transcription by Kathleen R. Georg , publisher=Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association , accessdate=2011-07-05 , quote=''Resolved, That the chairman of the Board be requested to confer with Gen. S. W. Crawford, as to the conveyance of his property, in front of Little Round Top, commonly known as Crawford's Glen, to the Battlefield Memorial Association. … May 13, 1884…On motion, permission was granted Henry Reister to occupy the shanty at the base of Little Round Top, for the sale of refreshments, provided, that no intoxicating liquors should be sold.''{{Cite news , date=August 12, 1884 , title=Little Round Top Park , url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-BBCAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AbkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3220,3623003&dq=round-top-park&hl=en , format=Google News Archive , location=Baltimore, Maryland , newspaper=Sunday Herald , accessdate=2011-02-23 , quote=''The Park is fitted up with Dancing Pavilion, Dining Room, &c., &c. Dinner 50 cents. Lunch 25 cents. … Returning, leave Little Round Top Park at 4.45 P.M., arriving in Baltimore 7.55 P. M.''{{Cite news , date=April 29, 1884 , title=The New Railroad: Its Pictures, Round-Top Branch, &c. , url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-1MmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JgAGAAAAIBAJ&pg=1450%2C673522 , format=Google News Archive , newspaper=Gettysburg Compiler , accessdate=2011-05-11 , quote=''Lewis A. Bushman has contracted with Joseph J. Smith for the erection of a warehouse and dwelling at the terminus of the branch, on the Taneytown road. The railroad company has purchased a tract of 15 acres from Mr. Bushman between the Taneytown road and Little Round-Top for excursion purposes.''{{Cite news , date=June 17, 1884 , title=Local Items , url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MVsmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Xf8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6005%2C1239434 , format=Google News Archives , newspaper=The Star and Sentinel, accessdate=2011-07-04 , quote=''The Round Top extension of the new railroad was completed last week, ready for excursion tours. The work of blocking up and ballasting is in progress. A large covered pavilion has been erected in the grove east of Round Top. Burgess Tipton, with an eye to business, has put up a photographic gallery on the grounds.''{{Cite news , date=June 29, 1886 , title=Round-Top Park Now Open , url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=a1QmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JgAGAAAAIBAJ&pg=3009,5200551&dq=round-top-park&hl=en , format=Google News archive , newspaper=Gettysburg Compiler , accessdate=2011-10-11 , quote=Round-trip trains are run from Gettysburg morning and evening.{{Cite news , date=November 13, 1896 , title=Town and Country , url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Wck9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=JjcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6262,1527902&dq=round-top-park+1896&hl=en , format=Google News Archive , newspaper=New Oxford Item , accessdate=2011-07-04 , quote=''The dancing pavilion, cook house and all other buildings have been removed from Round Top park by the Battlefield commission.''{{Cite news , date=June 20, 1893 , title=The Electric Line on the Battlefield , url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=p3EmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ff8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4380,1718202&dq=round-top+dance+gettysburg&hl=en , format=Google News Archive , newspaper=The Star and Sentinel , accessdate=2011-02-25 , quote=''…to the dance house… The trolley people propose to build a station just where Hancock was wounded.''{{Cite news , date=January 22, 1895 , title=Hoffer Sells Out , url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=E1VAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=g_8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4876,1954178&dq=stonesifer+gettysburg+round-top&hl=en , format=Google News Archive , newspaper=The Star and Sentinel , accessdate=2011-02-24 , quote=''Agreements with William Wible for the use of the Wheat-field Park, containing 25 acres, at the rate of $5 per day for each excursion to said park by the said Railway Company. Lease from year to year from the
Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad
The Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad (G. & H. R. R.) was a railway line of Pennsylvania from Hunter's Run southward to Gettysburg in the 19th century. The north junction was with the South Mountain RR, and a crossing with the Hanover Juncti ...