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Art: Manheim Trolley through Kauffman’s Park

April 12, 2020
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Manheim Trolley

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Haunted Lancaster: Did the Curse of Chickies Rock cause the worst trolley accident in Lancaster County history?

October 14, 2019
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In 1896, the worst trolley accident in Lancaster County history occurred. It killed six people and…

Local History

How millions of potato bugs conspired to cause the worst trolley accident in Lancaster County history

May 6, 2019
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The worst trolley accident in Lancaster County history occurred on Sunday, August 9, 1896, causing the…

Local History

Covering a wooden bridge has nothing to do with the horses that use them. Learn why when you visit Lancaster’s second-longest.

April 12, 2019
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1,500 covered bridges use to cross the streams and rivers of Pennsylvania. Today 200 remain and…

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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

April 11, 2019
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Beginning in the late 1800s, a system of trolleys ran all over Lancaster County. One line…

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I love the *smell* inside the Tobias “Thaddeus” Stehman Blacksmith Shop at The Conestoga Area Historical Society. It reminds me of my grandfather’s workshop.
The first issue of the New York Times on September 18, 1851 featured a story about the “Christiana Riot.”
Local History Nugget: In 1846, the nation’s first commercial telegraph provided service between Lancaster and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The inaugural message read, “Why don’t you write, you rascals??” Click the link to read why they chose these words.
On this day—September 20, 1796—George Washington made his fifth and final visit to Lancaster, PA. The President spent the night here en route from Philadelphia to Mount Vernon. Click the bio link in the profile to read about all five of his visits to the Red Rose City, including his most famous, which occurred on July 4, 1791.
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Join me on Friday, October 6, at the beautiful 1787 Sehner-Ellicott-von Hess House in downtown Lancaster from 5 to 8 p.m. for a First Friday Open House with the @hptrust and local artist @reaganlehman. I will tell some of my favorite family-friendly Lancaster County ghost stories via a multimedia presentation on the second floor at 6 and 7 p.m. Perfect for the approaching haunted Spooktober season! 👻
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