Let's welcome another player to the Bridge Club table...the Lititz Pike bridge over the railroad tracks…
Author: bentonofwebber
Upland Lawn: A Landmark Home nearly lost from memory
Take a peek down this 'memory lane'...North School Lane to be precise and the phantom place…
River Guide: Ranck’s Mill
Ranck's Mill was a once-prominent, but now nearly forgotten, location along the Conestoga.
Phantom Places: Wabank House. What happened to this ‘fashionable and favorite place of summer resort’?
Built in 1855 along the banks of the Conestoga, the Wabank House was a "fashionable and…
River Guide: Mouth of the Conestoga
Ponder this for a moment. Millions of years ago, an enormous lake once existed at what…
River Guide: I Can See the Bridge. So, where’s the Port?
If you drive into or out of Lancaster on East King Street, you might not even…
River Guide: Headwaters of the Conestoga
Most people know where the Conestoga River ends. It empties into the Susquehanna directly below Safe…
River Guide: The Bridge Club – Pinetown & Hunsecker covered bridges
Unique members of the Bridge Club: Pinetown & Hunsecker that span the Conestoga River from Manheim…
River Guide: The Bridge Club – Binkley’s
Learn more about Binkley's Bridge over the Conestoga River at Eden in Manheim Township.
River Guide: The Bridge Club – Umble’s
Learn more about Umble's Mill covered bridge over the Conestoga River at Eden in Manheim Township.
River Guide: The Bridge Club – PA Railroad
This member of the Bridge Club is by far the most magnificent. A towering stone edifice…
‘Spanish Flu’ in Lancaster
COVID-19 isn't the first pandemic to strike Lancaster. In 1918, "Spanish Flu" exacted its toll on…