Shippensburg resident working to keep local history afloat

Carmine Scicchiato Multimedia Director

The borough of Shippensburg is like many others throughout Pennsylvania and is the oldest community in the Cumberland Valley. A small town that was first settled nearly 300 years ago, Shippensburg has changed drastically over the course of time.

Recently, one area resident has made it his personal goal to share a little bit of that history. Richard Guyer, who has lived in Shippensburg for most of his life, has seen firsthand how the area has evolved over his lifetime.

Similar to Shippensburg University’s 150th anniversary timeline that was created last year, Guyer posts news articles and photographs from throughout Shippensburg’s history to the Shippensburg Community Facebook page.

Guyer, a member of the that Facebook page, first started on his journey last May. Posting a photo of downtown Shippensburg from the early 1900s, he never anticipated the positive response he would receive from it.

After that, with his trusty tablet charged and ready, he started researching. Using online resources, he thinks back to his time growing up and starts his search from there. The