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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.))