September 27 On this day in 1777, Lancaster became the nation’s capital when fourteen members of…
Category: History
The Great Indian Treaty of 1744
In June of 1744, scores of Native Americans began to gather outside of Lancaster in a…
Wooden Nickel proves to be a priceless heirloom. Brief history of wooden nickels in the United States
I recently rediscovered these wooden nickels in a keepsake box buried in the back of a…
100 years ago Lancaster’s trolleys transported 12 million people annually. Today almost all signs are gone. Join the search for the lost Pequea Trolley
Beginning in the late 1800s, a system of trolleys ran all over Lancaster County. One line…