Round Top, Pennsylvania
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Round Top, Pennsylvania, is a populated place
near Little Round Top
that is notable for 2 Battle of Gettysburg
field hospitals, the 1884 Round Top Station
, and several battlefield commemorative era attractions for tourists. The unincorporated community lies on an elevated area of the north-south Taneytown Road
with 3 intersections at Blacksmith Shop Road to the northeast, Wheatfield Road
(west from "Roundtop"), and Sachs Road (east from "Sedgwick").
was constructed southward from Gettysburg past the east of the Round Tops and by 1858, 2 crossroads had been built to the area with 3 homes (north-to-south: "Geo Bishop", "E. Brickert", & "J. Group") that would become Round Top: Wheatfield Rd on the west across the north foot of Little Round Top to the Emmitsburg Road and Sachs Rd eastward across Rock Creek. In 1884, the Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad
built a steamtrain railroad to the Round Top Station
, which operated until when the branch's abandonment application was filed.http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=7_FrD3gH8REC&dat=19420202&printsec=frontpage In 1894 on a different railway from the west, the Gettysburg Electric Railway
began trolley operations to the station.
Sedgwick Post Office: After an 1884 refreshment stand opened in a "shanty at the base of Little Round Top", the 1884 house
of postmaster Lewis A. Bushmanhttp://www.chapman-grant.com/friends/getperson.php?personID=I12&tree=Gulbrandson was announced on July 20, 1886, as the location for the Sedgwick
Post Office, which opened on August 2.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cFQmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JgAGAAAAIBAJ&pg=1450,5391603&dq=stonesifer+fire+round-top&hl=en In addition to serving the local area until Rural Free Delivery
began, the post office was the transfer point for mail southward on the Taneytown Rd to Horner's Mill near Rock Creek and its subsequent 1890 Barlow
post office. Bushman offered the Sedgwick Post Office and Store Room tract for sale with a chopping mill, peach orchard, and warehouse on July 28, 1891; and S. V. Bushman had the merchant license in 1892http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bnEmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ff8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4911%2C4001530 and sold the tract to James F. Rider in 1901. NOTE: This legal notice states an unrecorded 1901 deed "cannot be found", but the position of this 70 perches tract east of the school is comparable to the 44 perches tract east of the school that Hudson & wife offered for sale in 1905 (see "Assignee's Sale"). Rider, who near Round Top in 1888 had sold his father's tract of 13 acre (5.3 ha) with "lot of fruit and grapes",http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=C_8yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eQAGAAAAIBAJ&dq=round-top-park%201888&pg=5207%2C2157663 operated the Sedgwick store through 1915; and Charles C. Rider offered the tract with 8 room house for sale in 1928. The tract was purchased by the Round Top Museum owners in 1965 and was transferred along with the museum to the GNMP in 1971.
Round Top School: The one-room
1889 Round Top School was where the 1892 township citizens group formed to oppose the Gettysburg Electric Railway
(cf.
United States v. Gettysburg Electric Ry. Co.
).http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z6QlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NvwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5309,566688&dq=round-top-school+gettysburg&hl=en Teachers included William A. Taughinbaugh, Elizabeth Lott, John W. Black (in 1903), Mary Rudisill (1909), Myrtle L. Shealy (1922), Martha Epley (1928), Mary L. Leas (1936) & Robert Ellis Fisher (1937, 1938), Mrs Marion Milllhimes (1942), Frances Gilbert (1947), and Mrs. Mary B. Trout (1948). The school closed in 1948, was sold in 1952, had renovations planned in 1972,http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A7NbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IlENAAAAIBAJ&pg=4891,3129787&dq=round-top-museum&hl=en and was deemed historically "not significant" in 2004.
Group hospital: The John & Harriet Group house along the road now named Sachs Rd was the field hospital where "General Taylor died in the house and was buried in [the] garden, but his body was removed several days later. Mrs. Barlow frequently visited the house" (General Francis C. Barlow
had been taken to the house after being wounded at Barlow Knoll
and initially being treated at the Josiah Benner farm near the Harrisburg Road bridge over Rock Creek.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P3lbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GlENAAAAIBAJ&pg=5420,4501796&dq=vincent-bushman+gettysburg&hl=en The farm of 34 acre (13.8 ha) was subsequently purchased by the Group's son, Jacob, in 1891.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=b9k9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=YDcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=7054,5401332&dq=john-group+round+top&hl=en
of 15 acre (6.1 ha) east of Little Round Top
near the end of the Round Top Branch
and owned by the Gettysburg & Harrisburg Railroad (cf.
Pine Grove Park). The "dumm
y" Baldwin steam engine
had begun pulling excursion
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 park had a large covered pavilion on June 17, 1884; a "large dining pavilion" completed on July 29, 1884;http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CFQmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JgAGAAAAIBAJ&pg=2882,1199890&dq=round-top+railroad&hl=en a "dance house" by July 1893; and a cook house.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Wck9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=JjcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6262,1527902&dq=round-top-park+1896&hl=en Round Top Park had target shootinghttp://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pVdAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ef8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=5155,1149093&dq=round-top-park&hl=en and its "Merry-Go-Round
" offered for sale in 1894.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=of0yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jAAGAAAAIBAJ&pg=5078,4999450&dq=round-top-park&hl=en In 1886, the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association purchased "the grove in and around Round Top"http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cTwmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qP4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2129,2960203&dq=round-top-park&hl=en (removing the buildings in 1896); and on July 4, 1900, the former Round Top Park was used for the Tacony Rifles' encampment
. (1900 Gettysburg Compiler article, 2000 "Out of the Past")
Hudson grove: "Dr. Hudson's grove" was a picnic area with a boxing arena and 1898 social hall that was established by veterinarian Edward Hudson. Hudson's new stable at Round Top had burned down in 1897, http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZMk9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=JjcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1392,1965304&dq=dr-hudson+round-top&hl=en and in January 1900, a tavern license was refused for Hudson's hotel. On April 25, 1900, the Hudson property with the 60 by 30 ft (18.3 by 9.1 m) Hotel Sedgwick and stable was next to the school and offered for sale by the Sheriff; and after being unable to sell the property by July 4, 1900;http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jqglAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3vIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3138%2C4292685 Hudson later offered the property with "Store Room" for sale in 1905.
Round Top Museum: The Round Top Museum was established by John H. Rosensteel in 1888 on the north foot of Little Round Top
and northeast of the Wheatfield Road
and Grand Central Avenue (now Sedgwick Av) intersection. The museum of Battle of Gettysburg
artifacts was in Rosensteel's 1884 frame home and served as the "Round Top inn" restaurant/small hotel. NOTE: North of the Round Top station on the Round Top Branch
was the Hancock Station near the battlefield's Vermont Memorial on Grand Central Avenue ("Hancock" Av by 1886).http://books.google.com/books?id=Fi4tAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA6 On the east side of the residence, construction began in March 1902http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mNwlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pvwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2415,2292212&dq=john-rosensteel+round-top&hl=en for a "dancing pavilion" lit with acetelyne lamps
that opened on May 25, 1902. A 1906 hop was held at the "Little Round Top Hotel",http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H4ctAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XJwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6403,4561883&dq=camp-henderson+gettysburg&hl=en the "Round Top dance pavilion" was the site of a 1918 firehttp://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rUdgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GHENAAAAIBAJ&pg=4736,7168592&dq=rosensteel+round-top&hl=en and a 1925 stabbing, and picnics at Rosensteel Park were held as late as 1957.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sE4mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=W_8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=848,2466857&dq=rosensteel-park&hl=en] The facility also included a store where a Camp Renaissance
CCC worker committed a theft in 1936.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mQ4mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4_wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2787,4393580&dq=rosensteel+round-top&hl=en The Round Top Museum and the 1921 Rosensteel electric map museum
on Cemetery Ridge
were owned by the Gettysburg National Museum corporation until 1964, and the Round Top Museum became part of the Gettysburg National Military Park
in 1971 which used the building as an environmental resource center until it was demolished c. 1982.
Part of the museum's collection is in the GNMP's set of 43,000 American Civil War
artifacts displayed in the 2008 Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center
.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jiNaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4EsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1331,4924500&dq=civil-war-preservation-trust+gettysburg&hl=en
Cunningham Grove: Cunningham Grove east of Little Round Top was used for picnics as early as July 26, 1879. After the 1904 eminent domain jury for United States v. Five Tracts of land was formed regarding Reynolds Grove
and a Round Top tract, the "tract of land belonging to Florence and Georgianna Cunningham" (different from the "Round Top Park property of [the] Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad") was transferred on September 18, 1905.http://books.google.com/books?id=u34AAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA321 In 1923, the funfair
for the Adams County
firemen's convention was held in the woods across from the Rosensteel pavilion with a "barker's alley" that included ten-pin stands, blanket and Kewpie doll wheels, knife and cane stands, and "Hit-the-Coon
" games (2,000 cars were parked in 3 fields).
The community was the eponym
for the Round Top huntinghttp://news.google.com/newspapers?id=W4YlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wfIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2000,2552366&dq=gettysburg+mcglaughlin+round-top&hl=en and economics clubs,http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xWgmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Mf8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=837,97217&dq=round-top-economics+gettysburg&hl=en and 20th century retail businesses at Round Top included the 1904-1960 Epley Blacksmith Shop,http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uzwmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vP4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=3256,1166044&dq=epley+blacksmith-shop&hl=en the 1916 Round Top Fruit Farm,http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cKwlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GfwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5808,3294260&dq=ketterman+round-top&hl=en a Chevrolet dealership (#940 Taneytown Road, site of a 1936 barn fire), the brick McGlaughlin general store (#770), and the 1950-1965 Shorty's Repair Shop on the Wheatfield Rd.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nJ4lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zPQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4599,2236133&dq=lawrence-tressler+gettysburg&hl=en A fast food concession built in 1962-3 remains on the southwest corner of the Wheatfield and Taneytown roads (#885), north of which is a 21st century roadside produce stand (#855).
Populated place
A populated place is a place or area with clustered or scattered buildings and a permanent human population referenced with geographic coordinates...
near Little Round Top
Little Round Top
Little Round Top is the smaller of two rocky hills south of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was the site of an unsuccessful assault by Confederate troops against the Union left flank on July 2, 1863, the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg....
that is notable for 2 Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg , was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War, it is often described as the war's turning point. Union Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade's Army of the Potomac...
field hospitals, the 1884 Round Top Station
Round Top Station
Round Top Station was the southernmost station of the Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad and was located west of a blacksmith shop along the Taneytown Road that was in operation in 1880.-History:...
, and several battlefield commemorative era attractions for tourists. The unincorporated community lies on an elevated area of the north-south Taneytown Road
Pennsylvania Route 134
Pennsylvania Route 134 , also called Taneytown Road, is a north–south, two-lane state highway in Pennsylvania. It runs in Cumberland and Mount Joy townships from Gettysburg to the Mason-Dixon Line...
with 3 intersections at Blacksmith Shop Road to the northeast, Wheatfield Road
Wheatfield Road
The Wheatfield Road is a Gettysburg Battlefield crossroad from the Peach Orchard east-southeastward along the north side of The Wheatfield , north of the Valley of Death, and over the north foot of Little Round Top...
(west from "Roundtop"), and Sachs Road (east from "Sedgwick").
History
After an 1808 proposal, the Taneytown RoadPennsylvania Route 134
Pennsylvania Route 134 , also called Taneytown Road, is a north–south, two-lane state highway in Pennsylvania. It runs in Cumberland and Mount Joy townships from Gettysburg to the Mason-Dixon Line...
was constructed southward from Gettysburg past the east of the Round Tops and by 1858, 2 crossroads had been built to the area with 3 homes (north-to-south: "Geo Bishop", "E. Brickert", & "J. Group") that would become Round Top: Wheatfield Rd on the west across the north foot of Little Round Top to the Emmitsburg Road and Sachs Rd eastward across Rock Creek. In 1884, the Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad
Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad
The Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad 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 Junction, Hanover and Gettysburg Railroad's westward extension was at Gettysburg...
built a steamtrain railroad to the Round Top Station
Round Top Station
Round Top Station was the southernmost station of the Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad and was located west of a blacksmith shop along the Taneytown Road that was in operation in 1880.-History:...
, which operated until when the branch's abandonment application was filed.http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=7_FrD3gH8REC&dat=19420202&printsec=frontpage In 1894 on a different railway from the west, the Gettysburg Electric Railway
Gettysburg Electric Railway
The Gettysburg Electric Railway was a borough trolley that provided summer access to Gettysburg Battlefield visitor attractions such as military engagement areas, monuments, postbellum camps, and recreation areas...
began trolley operations to the station.
Sedgwick Post Office: After an 1884 refreshment stand opened in a "shanty at the base of Little Round Top", the 1884 house
of postmaster Lewis A. Bushmanhttp://www.chapman-grant.com/friends/getperson.php?personID=I12&tree=Gulbrandson was announced on July 20, 1886, as the location for the Sedgwick
John Sedgwick
John Sedgwick was a teacher, a career military officer, and a Union Army general in the American Civil War. He was the highest ranking Union casualty in the Civil War, killed by a sniper at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.-Early life:Sedgwick was born in the Litchfield Hills town of...
Post Office, which opened on August 2.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cFQmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JgAGAAAAIBAJ&pg=1450,5391603&dq=stonesifer+fire+round-top&hl=en In addition to serving the local area until Rural Free Delivery
Rural delivery service
Rural delivery service refers to the delivery of mail in what are traditionally considered rural areas. In the United States, rural letter carriers began service with the experiments with Rural Free Delivery in 1891...
began, the post office was the transfer point for mail southward on the Taneytown Rd to Horner's Mill near Rock Creek and its subsequent 1890 Barlow
Barlow, Pennsylvania
Barlow, Pennsylvania is a populated place between the Gettysburg Battlefield and the Mason-Dixon Line at the intersection of Rock Creek and Pennsylvania Route 134. North of the creek on the road summit is the principal facility of the rural community: the 1939 community hall at the fire station...
post office. Bushman offered the Sedgwick Post Office and Store Room tract for sale with a chopping mill, peach orchard, and warehouse on July 28, 1891; and S. V. Bushman had the merchant license in 1892http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bnEmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ff8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4911%2C4001530 and sold the tract to James F. Rider in 1901. NOTE: This legal notice states an unrecorded 1901 deed "cannot be found", but the position of this 70 perches tract east of the school is comparable to the 44 perches tract east of the school that Hudson & wife offered for sale in 1905 (see "Assignee's Sale"). Rider, who near Round Top in 1888 had sold his father's tract of 13 acre (5.3 ha) with "lot of fruit and grapes",http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=C_8yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eQAGAAAAIBAJ&dq=round-top-park%201888&pg=5207%2C2157663 operated the Sedgwick store through 1915; and Charles C. Rider offered the tract with 8 room house for sale in 1928. The tract was purchased by the Round Top Museum owners in 1965 and was transferred along with the museum to the GNMP in 1971.
Round Top School: The one-room
One-room school
One-room schools were commonplace throughout rural portions of various countries including the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ireland and Spain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In most rural and small town schools, all of the students met in a single room...
1889 Round Top School was where the 1892 township citizens group formed to oppose the Gettysburg Electric Railway
Gettysburg Electric Railway
The Gettysburg Electric Railway was a borough trolley that provided summer access to Gettysburg Battlefield visitor attractions such as military engagement areas, monuments, postbellum camps, and recreation areas...
(cf.
Cf.
cf., an abbreviation for the Latin word confer , literally meaning "bring together", is used to refer to other material or ideas which may provide similar or different information or arguments. It is mainly used in scholarly contexts, such as in academic or legal texts...
United States v. Gettysburg Electric Ry. Co.
United States v. Gettysburg Electric Ry. Co.
United States v. Gettysburg Electric Ry. Co. was a case to prevent trolley operations on the Gettysburg Battlefield. The dispute began in August 1891 when the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association's board approved attorney motion to deny trolley right-of-way along GBMA roads...
).http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z6QlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NvwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5309,566688&dq=round-top-school+gettysburg&hl=en Teachers included William A. Taughinbaugh, Elizabeth Lott, John W. Black (in 1903), Mary Rudisill (1909), Myrtle L. Shealy (1922), Martha Epley (1928), Mary L. Leas (1936) & Robert Ellis Fisher (1937, 1938), Mrs Marion Milllhimes (1942), Frances Gilbert (1947), and Mrs. Mary B. Trout (1948). The school closed in 1948, was sold in 1952, had renovations planned in 1972,http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A7NbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IlENAAAAIBAJ&pg=4891,3129787&dq=round-top-museum&hl=en and was deemed historically "not significant" in 2004.
Civil War field hospitals
Plank hospital: A Union 1st Divisionhttp://www.chapman-grant.com/friends/getperson.php?personID=I12&tree=Gulbrandson field hospital was temporarily located at the Round Top farm of Levi and Mary Plankhttp://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qA8mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Df0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1483,5701504&dq=swartz+round-top+gettysburg&hl=en which "E. Brickert" had owned in 1858. The farmhouse is located near the local crest of the Taneytown Rd, but in 1863 "on the morning of July 3 [the hospital] was moved to the M. Fissel Farm east of Rock Creek". The stone house on the road's west side (#921 Taneytown Rd), and the farm's barn was on the opposite side of the road (#920) until it burned in 1967.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=I1cmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZP8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=988,2520204&dq=emory-fox+gettysburg&hl=en In 1916, the home was the site of an accidental shooting of the local blacksmith's daughter, aged 12,http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sdQlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=V_QFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6046,5131845&dq=epley+round-top&hl=en who survived with the cranial bullethttp://news.google.com/newspapers?id=M5MlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EPMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6189,145762&dq=epley+round-top&hl=en and became the Round Top schoolmarm.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=75wlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gfYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5564,5869019&dq=martha-epley+gettysburg&hl=enGroup hospital: The John & Harriet Group house along the road now named Sachs Rd was the field hospital where "General Taylor died in the house and was buried in [the] garden, but his body was removed several days later. Mrs. Barlow frequently visited the house" (General Francis C. Barlow
Francis C. Barlow
Francis Channing Barlow was a lawyer, politician, and Union General during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...
had been taken to the house after being wounded at Barlow Knoll
Barlow Knoll
Barlow Knoll is a hill on the Gettysburg Battlefield that was the location of the Battle of Gettysburg, First Day charge of Gordon's Brigade that succeeded in breaking the Union line. The "Old Alms House Cemetery" is located on the side of the hill, and the hill named after Francis C...
and initially being treated at the Josiah Benner farm near the Harrisburg Road bridge over Rock Creek.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P3lbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GlENAAAAIBAJ&pg=5420,4501796&dq=vincent-bushman+gettysburg&hl=en The farm of 34 acre (13.8 ha) was subsequently purchased by the Group's son, Jacob, in 1891.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=b9k9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=YDcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=7054,5401332&dq=john-group+round+top&hl=en
Visitor attractions
Little Round Top Park: Little Round Top Park was an excursion parkTrolley park
In the United States, trolley parks, which started in the 19th century, were picnic and recreation areas along or at the ends of streetcar lines in most of the larger cities. These were precursors to amusement parks. These trolley parks were created by the streetcar companies to give people a...
of 15 acre (6.1 ha) east of Little Round Top
Little Round Top
Little Round Top is the smaller of two rocky hills south of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was the site of an unsuccessful assault by Confederate troops against the Union left flank on July 2, 1863, the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg....
near the end of the Round Top Branch
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...
and owned by the Gettysburg & Harrisburg Railroad (cf.
Cf.
cf., an abbreviation for the Latin word confer , literally meaning "bring together", is used to refer to other material or ideas which may provide similar or different information or arguments. It is mainly used in scholarly contexts, such as in academic or legal texts...
Pine Grove Park). The "dumm
Steam dummy
A steam dummy or dummy engine, in the United States of America and Canada, was a steam engine enclosed in a wooden box structure made to resemble a railroad passenger coach....
y" Baldwin steam engine
Baldwin Locomotive Works
The Baldwin Locomotive Works was an American builder of railroad locomotives. It was located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, originally, and later in nearby Eddystone, Pennsylvania. Although the company was very successful as a producer of steam locomotives, its transition to the production of...
had begun pulling excursion
Excursion
An excursion is a trip by a group of people, usually made for leisure, education, or physical purposes. It is often an adjunct to a longer journey or visit to a place, sometimes for other purposes....
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
Carlisle Indian Industrial School
Carlisle Indian Industrial School was an Indian boarding school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1879 at Carlisle, Pennsylvania by Captain Richard Henry Pratt, the school was the first off-reservation boarding school, and it became a model for Indian boarding schools in other locations...
. The park had a large covered pavilion on June 17, 1884; a "large dining pavilion" completed on July 29, 1884;http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CFQmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JgAGAAAAIBAJ&pg=2882,1199890&dq=round-top+railroad&hl=en a "dance house" by July 1893; and a cook house.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Wck9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=JjcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6262,1527902&dq=round-top-park+1896&hl=en Round Top Park had target shootinghttp://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pVdAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ef8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=5155,1149093&dq=round-top-park&hl=en and its "Merry-Go-Round
Carousel
A carousel , or merry-go-round, is an amusement ride consisting of a rotating circular platform with seats for riders...
" offered for sale in 1894.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=of0yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jAAGAAAAIBAJ&pg=5078,4999450&dq=round-top-park&hl=en In 1886, the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association purchased "the grove in and around Round Top"http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cTwmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qP4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2129,2960203&dq=round-top-park&hl=en (removing the buildings in 1896); and on July 4, 1900, the former Round Top Park was used for the Tacony Rifles' encampment
Gettysburg Battlefield camps after the American Civil War
Gettysburg Battlefield camps after the American Civil War were used by the Pennsylvania National Guard, Civil War veterans, the United States Marine Corps, the Civilian Conservation Corps, the United States Army, and the Youth Conservation Corps....
. (1900 Gettysburg Compiler article, 2000 "Out of the Past")
Hudson grove: "Dr. Hudson's grove" was a picnic area with a boxing arena and 1898 social hall that was established by veterinarian Edward Hudson. Hudson's new stable at Round Top had burned down in 1897, http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZMk9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=JjcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1392,1965304&dq=dr-hudson+round-top&hl=en and in January 1900, a tavern license was refused for Hudson's hotel. On April 25, 1900, the Hudson property with the 60 by 30 ft (18.3 by 9.1 m) Hotel Sedgwick and stable was next to the school and offered for sale by the Sheriff; and after being unable to sell the property by July 4, 1900;http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jqglAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3vIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3138%2C4292685 Hudson later offered the property with "Store Room" for sale in 1905.
Round Top Museum: The Round Top Museum was established by John H. Rosensteel in 1888 on the north foot of Little Round Top
Little Round Top
Little Round Top is the smaller of two rocky hills south of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was the site of an unsuccessful assault by Confederate troops against the Union left flank on July 2, 1863, the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg....
and northeast of the Wheatfield Road
Wheatfield Road
The Wheatfield Road is a Gettysburg Battlefield crossroad from the Peach Orchard east-southeastward along the north side of The Wheatfield , north of the Valley of Death, and over the north foot of Little Round Top...
and Grand Central Avenue (now Sedgwick Av) intersection. The museum of Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg , was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War, it is often described as the war's turning point. Union Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade's Army of the Potomac...
artifacts was in Rosensteel's 1884 frame home and served as the "Round Top inn" restaurant/small hotel. NOTE: North of the Round Top station on the Round Top Branch
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...
was the Hancock Station near the battlefield's Vermont Memorial on Grand Central Avenue ("Hancock" Av by 1886).http://books.google.com/books?id=Fi4tAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA6 On the east side of the residence, construction began in March 1902http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mNwlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pvwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2415,2292212&dq=john-rosensteel+round-top&hl=en for a "dancing pavilion" lit with acetelyne lamps
Carbide lamp
Carbide lamps, properly known as acetylene gas lamps, are simple lamps that produce and burn acetylene which is created by the reaction of calcium carbide with water....
that opened on May 25, 1902. A 1906 hop was held at the "Little Round Top Hotel",http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H4ctAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XJwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6403,4561883&dq=camp-henderson+gettysburg&hl=en the "Round Top dance pavilion" was the site of a 1918 firehttp://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rUdgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GHENAAAAIBAJ&pg=4736,7168592&dq=rosensteel+round-top&hl=en and a 1925 stabbing, and picnics at Rosensteel Park were held as late as 1957.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sE4mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=W_8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=848,2466857&dq=rosensteel-park&hl=en] The facility also included a store where a Camp Renaissance
Camp Renaissance
Camp Renaissance was Civilian Conservation Corps camp NP-2 that was established on March 10, 1933, in the Gettysburg Battlefield's Pitzer Woods for reforestation...
CCC worker committed a theft in 1936.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mQ4mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4_wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2787,4393580&dq=rosensteel+round-top&hl=en The Round Top Museum and the 1921 Rosensteel electric map museum
Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center
The Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center is the Gettysburg National Military Park facility which displays the 1884 Gettysburg Cyclorama and provides the tour center for Licensed Battlefield Guides and buses to the Gettysburg Battlefield and Eisenhower National Historic Site. The museum displays...
on Cemetery Ridge
Cemetery Ridge
Cemetery Ridge is a geographic feature in Gettysburg National Military Park south of the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, that figured prominently in the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1 to July 3, 1863. It formed a primary defensive position for the Union Army during the battle, roughly the center of...
were owned by the Gettysburg National Museum corporation until 1964, and the Round Top Museum became part of the Gettysburg National Military Park
Gettysburg National Military Park
The Gettysburg National Military Park is an administrative unit of the National Park Service's northeast region and a subunit of federal properties of Adams County, Pennsylvania, with the same name, including the Gettysburg National Cemetery...
in 1971 which used the building as an environmental resource center until it was demolished c. 1982.
Part of the museum's collection is in the GNMP's set of 43,000 American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
artifacts displayed in the 2008 Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center
Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center
The Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center is the Gettysburg National Military Park facility which displays the 1884 Gettysburg Cyclorama and provides the tour center for Licensed Battlefield Guides and buses to the Gettysburg Battlefield and Eisenhower National Historic Site. The museum displays...
.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jiNaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4EsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1331,4924500&dq=civil-war-preservation-trust+gettysburg&hl=en
Cunningham Grove: Cunningham Grove east of Little Round Top was used for picnics as early as July 26, 1879. After the 1904 eminent domain jury for United States v. Five Tracts of land was formed regarding Reynolds Grove
Battle of Gettysburg, First Day
The First Day of the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War took place on July 1, 1863, and began as an engagement between isolated units of the Army of Northern Virginia under Confederate General Robert E. Lee and the Army of the Potomac under Union Maj. Gen. George G. Meade...
and a Round Top tract, the "tract of land belonging to Florence and Georgianna Cunningham" (different from the "Round Top Park property of [the] Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad") was transferred on September 18, 1905.http://books.google.com/books?id=u34AAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA321 In 1923, the funfair
Funfair
A funfair or simply "fair" is a small to medium sized travelling show primarily composed of stalls and other amusements. Larger fairs such as the permanent fairs of cities and seaside resorts might be called a fairground, although technically this should refer to the land where a fair is...
for the Adams County
Adams County, Pennsylvania
Adams County is a county in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 101,407. It was created on January 22, 1800, from part of York County and named in honor of the second President of the United States, John Adams...
firemen's convention was held in the woods across from the Rosensteel pavilion with a "barker's alley" that included ten-pin stands, blanket and Kewpie doll wheels, knife and cane stands, and "Hit-the-Coon
African dodger
African dodger was a carnival game played in the United States, in which an African-American would stick his head through a canvas curtain, and attempt to dodge objects thrown at him by players....
" games (2,000 cars were parked in 3 fields).
The community was the eponym
Eponym
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for the Round Top huntinghttp://news.google.com/newspapers?id=W4YlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wfIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2000,2552366&dq=gettysburg+mcglaughlin+round-top&hl=en and economics clubs,http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xWgmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Mf8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=837,97217&dq=round-top-economics+gettysburg&hl=en and 20th century retail businesses at Round Top included the 1904-1960 Epley Blacksmith Shop,http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uzwmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vP4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=3256,1166044&dq=epley+blacksmith-shop&hl=en the 1916 Round Top Fruit Farm,http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cKwlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GfwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5808,3294260&dq=ketterman+round-top&hl=en a Chevrolet dealership (#940 Taneytown Road, site of a 1936 barn fire), the brick McGlaughlin general store (#770), and the 1950-1965 Shorty's Repair Shop on the Wheatfield Rd.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nJ4lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zPQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4599,2236133&dq=lawrence-tressler+gettysburg&hl=en A fast food concession built in 1962-3 remains on the southwest corner of the Wheatfield and Taneytown roads (#885), north of which is a 21st century roadside produce stand (#855).