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1859: John Lindner is born in Newark, New Jersey
1882: Became a member of the Reynolds Brothers advertisement firm and shoe manufacturers in Utica, New York ((Trade Card Advertiser: Reynolds Brothers Fine Shoes, Utica, New York, A Pleasing Surprise by Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann Lith., New York.))
1891: Lindner starts Lindner Shoe Company in Carlisle, Pennsylvania
1898: Becomes president of the Borough Council of Carlisle, PA
1902: Lindner purchases land near West Louther Street and creates a park. He holds Saturday evening concerts in which community members as well as students from Dickinson College and the Indian Training School are welcome. ((Jordan, John Woolf. Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography. Vol. 2. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1914.))
1902: James Porter lays out the design for Lindner Park ((Cumberland County Historical Society and Hamilton Library Association. “Cumberland County History.” 3.2 (1986).))
1903: Lindner presents the park to the city of Carlisle ((Progressive Americans of the Twentieth Century. Chicago: Progressive Publishing Company, 1910.))
October 17, 1910: Park is formally dedicated as a gift to the city. Captain Colwell Post dedicates two cannons to the park; these canons damaged the U.S. navy in the battle of Manila Harbor during the Spanish-American War. The presence of these cannons was meant to illicit sentimentalism and patriotism within the park. ((Jordan, John Woolf. Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography. Vol. 2. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1914.))
1910: Deed to park is signed. Park officially belongs to Cumberland County. ((Standard Biographical Works. Distinguished Successful Americans of Our Day. Chicago, 1911.))
- Trade Card Advertiser: Reynolds Brothers Fine Shoes, Utica, New York, A Pleasing Surprise by Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann Lith., New York (A Gift of Flowers)
- Dedication to Lindner Park and parade, 1910. (Source: Cumberland County Historical Society)
- Cannon belonging to US Navy at the Battle of Manilla, 1910. (Source: Cumberland County Historical Society)
- Lindner Park Cannon dedication Parade, 1910. (Source: Cumberland County Historical Society)
- Lindner Park and surrounding area Sanborn Map, 1929. (Source: Cumberland County Historical Society)
- Lindner Park Tree Map detailing thirty nine species of trees from the Cumberland Valley, 1930. (Source: Cumberland County Historical Society)
- Lindner Park (245) and surrounding area Sanborn Map, 1940. (Source: Cumberland County Historical Society)
- Pet Day at Lindner Park, 1955. (Source: Cumberland County Historical Society)
- As development around the park continues, more children attend the park for recreation, 1955. (Source: Cumberland County Historical Society)
- Frequent use of park equipment by neighborhood children calls for a restorative efforts by Dickinson students, 1966. (Source: Cumberland County Historical Society)
- A few remnants of Lindner Park’s Cumberland Valley tree collection still remain, although now they are accompanied by new playground installments and areas for leisure, 2012. (Source: Google Maps)
- Although Lindner Park has changed greatly over the years, it still provides an escape from the tasks of daily life, 2017. (Source: Olivia Neubert)