GETTYSBURG, Pennsylvania – As reported by the Evening Sun: "The battle fought over a failed proposal to build a casino near Gettysburg is now history. Literally.

"Ben Neely, the collections manager of the Adams County Historical Society has been gathering items from No Casino Gettysburg and Pro Casino Adams County to document the recent controversy. He will place them in the society's archives for study, and predicts they eventually could become an exhibit.

"…The society archives contain a collection of items from the Gettysburg Electric Railway, a trolley system once built across the battlefield. It was eventually was taken by the National Park Service by eminent domain and the case went all the way to the Supreme Court, who affirmed the seizure. The trolley system was taken down, and represented the conflict of entrepreneurs and preservationists in much the same way as the casino, Neely said.

"The preservation of those artifacts help modern historians understand that controversy, and he hopes the casino artifacts will serve the same function…"

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