Glen Rock is situated in a valley along Codorus Creek in Shrewsbury Township in southern York County. Incorporated in 1860, the town is located on what once was a major north-south rail line that linked Harrisburg with Baltimore, Maryland. This important transportation link helped the town prosper with sewing factories, furniture factories, coach works, ironworks, and a nearby distillery. Although the rail link was severed in 1972 by Tropical Storm Agnes, Glen Rock survived to become a quiet residential community. Today the railroad that once ensured Glen Rock's existence continues to help the town with tourists, cyclists, and joggers as part of the York County Heritage Rail Trail. Through vintage images, Around Glen Rock chronicles this region's evolution while paying tribute to its roots. Title: This time, entrepreneur in York County's Glen Rock bet on the wrong horse Author: Jim McClure Publisher: York Town Square Date: 8/31/09 Bob Ketenheim's "Around Glen Rock" contains numerous interesting photos that individually tell the story of this southern York County's borough history. And sometimes photos in this book, working in tandem, tell perhaps unintended but rich and revealing stories. One photo, for example, shows a proud Wesley C. Koller driving his brand new Stanhope make of automobile into Glen Rock on Manchester Street in 1900... . The steam-powered car topped out at 40 miles per hour, and the photo caption noted this was Glen Rock's first car. Another photo shows Koller's six-story Cosmos Carriage Company building. The caption noted that construction on the six-story structure began in 1900, and it was finished in 1901. It supplemented a smaller buggy-making business that Koller had started a decade before. By the spring of 1904, Cosmo employed 75 people, but it closed for financial reasons by that summer, the caption states. So, here's the story. Or maybe it's a question. Why would an entrepreneur who had purchased a cutting-edge self-powered vehicle invest so heavily at the same time in a skyscraping, horse-powered carriage company? Over the years, York County factories often were at the head of the pack in innovation. This time, Koller's Cosmo bet on the wrong horse. Bob Ketenheim's "Around Glen Rock," "Around New Freedom," and "Around Shrewsbury," are available at local booksellers and via York County libraries. Bob Ketenheim, a Pennsylvania native, was born in Altoona and raised in Cresson. Author of several other historical titles, including Around Shrewsbury and Around New Freedom, he has had a lifelong interest in history.