His wife, Polly, through her work with both the Linglestown and the Lower Paxton 250th anniversary celebrations, learned many more. It’s stories like these that bring history to life, Murphy believes. “You know there are a lot of things kids don’t want these days, but both my daughters want that horse,” says Klinefelter with a laugh.Īs for the remaining horses, she still holds out hope that others might show up someday. Her grandfather arrived on site to discover one lone horse remaining, and today it’s stabled in Klinefelter’s living room. According to Klinefelter, when the fair closed down for good, her grandfather received an urgent telephone call from a friend who said, “You’d better get down here, every car that is going through town has one of your horses on it.” One of the highlights of the fair was a carousel. “State government officials would come out to visit, and we’d have cows, pigs, sheep and other animals, along with cake judging and so forth-sort of like a precursor to our modern-day farm show.” “We held an annual fair here,” said Klinefelter. For years, the Linglestown Fair operated on the land, near what is now the Blue Moose Bar & Grille. Then there were the carousel horses you once could find on a farm owned by Judy Miller Klinefelter’s family. “We’re still looking for that horse,” said Lower Paxton Township Historical Commission Chairman Joe Murphy. There was, for instance, the old Inn 22 horse that long graced the grounds of the restaurant located five miles east of Harrisburg on Route 22. Well, not just any horses, but old, handcrafted ones that some township residents may remember fondly. The new Lower Paxton Township Historical Commission is on the hunt for horses. Tag Archives: Moulin Rouge Houses & Horses: Preserving history in Lower Paxton Township.
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