In July 1938, National Geographic turned its gaze to southern Lancaster County and shared one of…
Category: Local History
The 40th Parallel: An Invisible Line That Sparked a War
What looks like a simple roadside marker along Route 441 in Washington Boro once marked one…
Carved by Catastrophe: The Ancient Potholes of Conewago Falls
Just south of Three Mile Island, Conewago Falls hides one of the most dramatic geological landscapes…
Little Indian Rock: A Sacred Canvas on the Susquehanna
Finest Rock Art East of the Mississippi. Just below Safe Harbor Dam lies Little Indian Rock—the…
The Corpse House of Lititz: Waiting Room for the Afterlife
The Moravian Corpse House: Lititz’s Most Unusual Building. Just off Main Street in Lititz stands the…
The Lancaster Friendship That Touched the American Revolution: Major John André & the Cope Family
The Unique Friendship of Major André and Caleb Cope In the fall of 1775, Lancaster found…
Creek-Stomping Through History at Fishing Creek Nature Preserve
When was the last time you forded a creek? In southern Lancaster County, there’s a place…
America’s First Commercial Pretzel Bakery was in Lititz, PA
The Snack That Changed Everything: A Salty Lititz Legacy Along East Main Street in Lititz is…
Lancaster Crematorium: The Country’s First Public Crematorium
🔥 America’s First Public Crematorium Was in Lancaster! Tucked away behind a line of trees in…
The 10-Hour House: How a Bet Built Lancaster’s Fastest Home
What happens when a daring Lancaster businessman bets he can build a house faster than anyone…
Grant Noll Sycamore: The Oldest Tree in Lancaster County
🌳 Lancaster’s 375-Year-Old Giant 🌳 Tucked at the end of Plane Tree Drive in Lancaster stands…
Penn Rock: Where William Penn Reaffirmed Peace on the Edge of the Frontier
Tucked along a curve in Chestnut Street in Gap lies an unassuming flat boulder—Penn Rock—a forgotten…
Pequea’s Fountain of Youth
💧 The Healing Waters of York Furnace Spring Hidden in the rolling hills of Martic Township,…
The Fall of Billmeyer and the Rise of the White Cliffs of Conoy
Rising 30 feet above the Susquehanna River, the White Cliffs of Conoy look like something out…
Lady Liberty of the Susquehanna
Rising from the Susquehanna River near Dauphin, PA, the miniature Lady Liberty has stood as a…
Madame Ann LeTort: Lancaster County’s First Lady of the Frontier
🚨 History You’ve Probably Never Heard—But Should. Meet Madame Ann LeTort, Pennsylvania’s original frontier matriarch. In…
From Lancaster to the Constitution: How a 1744 Native American Speech Shaped a Nation
From June 22 to July 4 of 1744, the streets of Lancaster, PA, became the stage…
The Right Way, the Wrong Way, and the Pequea: The Great Champagne Spill of 1985
🚂🍾 The Great Pequea Champagne Spill of 1985 🍾🚂 There’s the right way, the wrong way,…
Unlocking the Secrets of Drumore Mill: A Lancaster Landmark Lost to Time
Nestled deep in the wooded hills of southern Lancaster County, along the banks of Fishing Creek,…
Exploring the 1827 Union Canal Tunnel by Kayak
Last summer, I had the unforgettable opportunity to paddle through history with Cocoa Kayak, venturing into…