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October 4: Safe Harbor Dam celebrates 94 years with ‘Fish & Fun’ event
Join me on Saturday, October 4, 2025, at Safe Harbor Dam for a morning of family…
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…
August 28: Mysterious Petroglyphs of Safe Harbor Presentation
Discover ancient mysteries carved in stone! Join me on Thursday, August 28, 2025, at 6:30 PM…
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…
Captain John Smith Meets the Susquehannocks
🗓️ On This Day: August 6, 1608 Captain John Smith Meets the Susquehannocks—Giants of the River…
Lancaster Crematorium: The Country’s First Public Crematorium
🔥 America’s First Public Crematorium Was in Lancaster! Tucked away behind a line of trees in…
Peculiar Names: The Buck
🌾 How did a little crossroads in southern Lancaster County come to be known as the…
Antique Toolbox: August Mystery Tool
Welcome back to the Antique Toolbox! Jennifer Royer, museum curator at Landis Valley Village and Farm…
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…
The Petrified Corpse of Fulton Township
In the final days of 1884, a Lancaster County farmer digging a drainage ditch stumbled upon…
The Black River Beast of Bainbridge
A Beast in the River: The 1885 Black Sea Dog Encounter of Bainbridge. In the spring…
Fossil Hunting Along the Shores of Canandaigua Lake
Here’s a recent story from our sister site, Uncharted History: Fossil-Finding Adventure at Canandaigua Lake! A…
The Earth Mirror Treasure of Martindale
🌕✨ Just south of Martindale in northeastern Lancaster County, locals once whispered of a glowing ring…
July 23: Mysterious Petroglyphs of Safe Harbor Presentation
Join me at the Exeter Community Library in Reading on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, at 1:00…
August 16: Book Signing at the Lititz Historical Foundation
📚 I’m excited to invite you to a special book signing event on Saturday, August 16,…