While researching Lancaster County’s trolley service, a repeatedly referenced resource was Seeing Lancaster County from a…
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Haunted Lancaster: All aboard! The Rock Point Tunnel Railroad Ghost
Even if you don't believe in ghosts, Chickies Rock is a place of death. At least…
Haunted Lancaster: The Witch Sisters and Chiquesalunga’s Curse
Three witch sisters once lived in a small house atop Chiques Hill. Rather than leave their…
Haunted Lancaster: The sad tale of Lover’s Leap at Chickies Rock
Even if you don't believe in ghosts or spectral apparitions, Chickies Rock is a place of…
Haunted Lancaster: Did the Curse of Chickies Rock cause the worst trolley accident in Lancaster County history?
In 1896, the worst trolley accident in Lancaster County history occurred. It killed six people and…
How millions of potato bugs conspired to cause the worst trolley accident in Lancaster County history
The worst trolley accident in Lancaster County history occurred on Sunday, August 9, 1896, causing the…
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…