For much of the 20th century, the Susquehanna River did something no river should ever have…
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The Day the U.S. Army Went to War with the Susquehanna River
In March 1920, the Susquehanna stopped behaving like a river. For 83 days, it lay frozen…
Safe Harbor Coal Washing Plant: Turning Susquehanna Silt into Electricity
The Susquehanna River once powered industry in a way that sounds almost unbelievable today. At Holtwood…
Podcast: Susquehanna Ice Railroad of 1852
In this episode of the Uncharted Lancaster Podcast, we dive into the winter of 1852, an…
Cryptid: Legend of the Kettle Creek Monster
The Susquehanna River, one of the world's oldest waterways, has shaped not only Pennsylvania's history but…
On this Day in History: Wrightsville ‘Sea Lion’ Monster spotted in 1878
On April 28, 1878, something extraordinary emerged from the Susquehanna River between Columbia and Wrightsville. Witnesses,…
Buried Treasure: Captain Kidd’s Lost Danville Treasure
🏴☠️🎶 Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me. 🎵☠️ In 1884, amidst an economic…
Mystery on the River: Legend of the 1878 Wrightsville ‘Sea Lion’ Monster
In April 1878, something extraordinary emerged from the Susquehanna River between Columbia and Wrightsville. Witnesses, including…
Susquehanna Ghostly Echoes at the Mason-Dixon Line
In the days leading up to the Civil War, the Pennsylvania border played a pivotal role…
Water Week: Canals of the Conewago Falls
As part of Lancaster Conservancy's annual Water Week celebration, I led a Northwest River Trail History…
River Monsters of the Susquehanna Deeps
Local legend holds that a diver at Safe Harbor went down behind the dam to remove…
On this Day in History: Winter so cold the railroad ran tracks across a frozen Susquehanna
On this Day in History. The winter of 1852 was so cold that it froze the…
Ancient Native American eel weirs slumber beneath the waters of the Susquehanna
Before the Egyptians built the Pyramids of Giza, Native Americans were constructing giant stone structures on…
Artifact: ‘Indian Relics of the Lower Susquehanna Valley Preserved for the Public’ brochure
I was recently made aware of this rare vintage brochure from the 1950s entitled "Indian Relics…
Armchair Explorer: LiDAR Scans of Little and Big Indian Rock
On a voyage out to the millennium-old petroglyphs of Little Indian Rock and Big Indian Rock…
The Lower Susquehanna before the dams
I have often wondered what the Lower Susquehanna looked like before the dams at Holtwood (1905)…
Ice on the Susquehanna
Ice on the Susquehanna is a femme fatale—mysteriously beautiful and potentially dangerous. More than once, this…
1852: Winter so cold the railroad ran tracks across a frozen Susquehanna
The winter of 1852 froze the Susquehanna at Havre De Grace solid. This presented a problem…
Enjoy this Safe Harbor Visitor’s Guide and Map from 1989
During a recent tour of Safe Harbor Dam, I picked up a copy of the company's…
Lock 12 Historic Area
Being a firm believer that "information wants to be free," when I came into possession of…