Latest Articles
Practical Preservation Podcast featuring Uncharted Lancaster
If you've talked to me in person, you know that I start many conversations with "I…
Water Week Adventures
Grab your fedora intrepid explorers because Lancaster Conservancy and Uncharted Lancaster have partnered to create two brand new…
Aiden Lair Lodge and Theodore Roosevelt’s Midnight Ride to the Presidency
During a recent trip to the Adirondacks, I retraced Theodore Roosevelt's historic midnight ride to the…
Unraveling the Myth: Were the Susquehannocks True Giants?
Captain John Smith wrote that the Susquehannocks are a giant-like people. Were they?
How the Susquehannocks became known as the Conestoga
Would you be surprised to know that the Native American tribe known as the Susquehannocks never…
A Brief History of ‘Black Diamond’ Dredging on the Susquehanna
Believe it or not, between the early 1900s and 1972, there were numerous coal dredging operations…
Lancaster Central Market: The oldest, continuously running public farmers’ market in the country
Lancaster Central Market is the oldest continuously operating farmers market in the United States with fresh…
Climbers Run Adventure
Go on an educational adventure through Climbers Run Nature Preserve with a new five-stop self-guided tour created…
Green Infrastructure Adventure
Get a first-hand look at how the City of Lancaster is transforming its streets, parks, commercial…
Side Quest: Conestoga Trail cool off
If the summer heat has you down and you need to cool off, look no further…
A Brief History of Conestoga Township
Conestoga Township was named for the Conestoga River, which in turn was named for a tribe…
Independence comes to Lancaster but not until July 8
In a time before social media, news traveled slowly. Word of the Declaration of Independence's signing…
Race Against Time! Exploring the abandoned Kingsley Tower before its destruction
A Fourth of July weekend road trip turned into a race against time as I attempt…
On this day in 1874, Lancaster dedicated its Soldiers & Sailors Monument
On July 4, 1874, Lancaster dedicated the Soldiers and Sailors Monument that stands in the heart…
The busybody: Benjamin Franklin’s greatest “invention”?
Is the busybody Benjamin Franklin's greatest invention? Perhaps not, but the story behind it is.
Sehner-Ellicott-von Hess House: Home to the surveyor who helped define America
Today, 123 North Prince Street houses the Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County, but in the…
Architectural Tour: Safe Harbor Hydroelectric Plant
The area we now call Safe Harbor was important to the Indians and traders of the…
River Guide: Headwaters of the Conestoga
Most people know where the Conestoga River ends. It empties into the Susquehanna directly below Safe…
Who is it that adorns the cupola tower above the former P. Lorillard Co. building on South Prince Street?
Atop the tower of the School District of Lancaster offices sits an unusual weathervane called "The…
Side Quest: Visit one of Lancaster’s oldest structures – Byerland Mennonite Meetinghouse
Most Lancastrians know that the Hans Herr House is the oldest building still standing in the…