Join the Susquehanna Ramblers, comprising of Dennis Brooks, Chip Fulmer, and Jay Mackley, as they search…
Tag: Pequea
River View Hotel Visitor’s Guide
It's hard to imagine today, but the now sleepy village of Pequea in Martic Township was…
Side Quest: Searching for Pequea’s Fountain of Youth—York Furnace Spring
Turn of the century documents speak of a spring near the Susquehanna resort town of Pequea…
Haunted Lancaster: Enormous snake attacks Conestoga area residents
On August 3, 1869, an enormous black snake nearly crushed a sleeping boy while his father…
Susquehanna pastimes at the River View Hotel in Pequea
It's hard to imagine today, but the now sleepy village of Pequea once entertained tourists from…
Welcome to Camp Pequea! Lancaster County’s first Boy Scout camp
Camping has always been high adventure. But Lancaster County's first Boy Scouts at Camp Pequea took…
Side Quest: Conestoga Trail cool off
If the summer heat has you down and you need to cool off, look no further…
Side Quest: Explore the ruins of the Colemanville Water & Power Company Dam
Colemanville Hydroelectric Plant on the Pequea Creek and photos of its March 1926 dam breach.
Armchair Explorer: Make your reservation today for the Pequehanna Inn – Pennsylvania’s Crown Jewel answer to Lake Placid
In an alternate universe, a five-story, 384-room luxury hotel sits high on a hill above the…
Holtwood and Safe Harbor weren’t Lancaster’s only hydroelectric dams. Enter the Colemanville Water & Power Company
In 1905, Holtwood wasn’t the only hydroelectric dam being built. In the sleepy hamlet of Colemanville,…
‘Colonel’ John Mead: the enigmatic ‘Gentleman Bum’ of the River Hills
Discover the mysterious life of "Colonel" John Mead, a man who spent the last 25 years…
Covering a wooden bridge has nothing to do with the horses that use them. Learn why when you visit Lancaster’s second-longest.
1,500 covered bridges use to cross the streams and rivers of Pennsylvania. Today 200 remain and…
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…
Wind Cave Adventure
Discover Pequea dangerous underground containing 2,000 feet of cold spelunking passageways. Welcome to Wind Cave. Enter…
2,000 feet of dark passages. Unforgiving cold. Hungry cave rats. Discover Pequea’s dangerous spelunking underground.
Discover Pequea dangerous underground containing 2,000 feet of cold spelunking passageways.